Lake Size: 37 Mi (60 km) Shoreline Length (Miles): 13 ft (4.0 m) Deepest Depth: 600 feet Latitude: 57.952222 Longitude: -156.376667 Counties: Lake and Peninsula Cities: Lake and Peninsula
Information: The lake was named in 1868 by naturalist W. H. Dall, USC&GS for Russian navigator Dmitry Bocharov, IRN, who was at Kodiak and explored Alaska in 1788. The Russian Hydrog. Dept. published the name "Oz(ero) Ugashek" on Chart 1455 in 1852.
Becharof Lake is the second largest lake in Alaska after Iliamna Lake, and the fourteenth largest lake in the United States of America.
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Becharof National Wildlife Refuge is a land of contrasts. From its rugged coastline to the 4,835-foot summit of the Mt. Peulik volcano (the name is taken from an Alaska Native word meaning "smoking," or "smoking mountain"), it includes everything from tundra to braided, glacier-fed rivers to saw-toothed mountain ranges. But few would argue the assertion that the biological heart of the refuge is the lake that bears its name. Becharof Lake is huge; 35 miles long, 15 miles wide and as much as 600 feet deep, and is fed by two major rivers and numerous streams. This, the second biggest lake in Alaska and the largest in the entire National Wildlife Refuge System, is a veritable salmon factory. The 300,000 acre lake serves as a nursery for the world's second largest run of sockeye salmon. It's estimated that Becharof Lake and its tributaries provide the Bristol Bay fishery alone with as many as six million adult salmon per year.
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