Agiak Lagoon is a lake in
North Slope Borough, Alaska
The North Slope Borough is the northernmost borough in the US state of Alaska and thus, the northernmost county or equivalent of the United States as a whole. As of the 2020 census, the population was 11,031. The borough seat and largest city i ...
, in the United States.
The name Agiak, derived from an Eskimo word meaning "
file
File or filing may refer to:
Mechanical tools and processes
* File (tool), a tool used to ''remove'' fine amounts of material from a workpiece
**Filing (metalworking), a material removal process in manufacturing
** Nail file, a tool used to gent ...
", was applied to the lagoon because it contains a bar which resembles a file.
References
Lakes of Alaska
Bodies of water of North Slope Borough, Alaska
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