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Mendenhall Lake

lake, Alaska, United States
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Mendenhall Lake is a body of water in southeastern Alaska, United States, adjacent to the Mendenhall Glacier. The lake began forming around 1900 and has since expanded to approximately 1.5 miles (2.4 km) long and 1 mile (1.6 km) wide, with a depth of up to 220 feet (65 meters) near the glacier's face.1

The Mendenhall Glacier itself is a 12-mile-long ice sheet that flows from the Juneau Icefield. Originally named by the Tlingit people, it was later renamed for Thomas Corwin Mendenhall. The glacier is a receding example from the Little Ice Age and is accessible by highway year-round, making it a notable feature in the region near Juneau.1

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