Miles Lake is a long glacial
lake in the
U.S. state of
Alaska. It is located in the valley of the Copper River, which pools to create it. The lake includes the terminus of
Miles Glacier
Miles Glacier is a -long glacier in the U.S. state of Alaska. It flows west to its terminus at Miles Lake, north of Katalla. It was named in 1885 after U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Nelson A. Miles
Nelson Appleton Miles (August 8, 1839 – May 15, 1925 ...
, north of
Katalla
Katalla (pronounced ''KA-tell-ah'') is a ghost town in the Valdez-Cordova Census Area in the U.S. state of Alaska, southeast of Cordova. The name of this town was sometimes spelled Catalla. It is now abandoned.
Geography
Katalla is located ...
,
Chugach Mountains, and flows into the lower
Copper River (Alaska).
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Etymology
Name derived from Miles Glacier
Miles Glacier is a -long glacier in the U.S. state of Alaska. It flows west to its terminus at Miles Lake, north of Katalla. It was named in 1885 after U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Nelson A. Miles
Nelson Appleton Miles (August 8, 1839 – May 15, 1925 ...
,[ which was named in 1885 by Lt. Allen after Maj. Gen. Nelson A. Miles, 1839–1925.]
References
See also
* List of lakes of Alaska
Lakes of Alaska
Lakes of Chugach Census Area, Alaska
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