Nunavakanuk Lake is a
lake
A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much large ...
in the
Yukon Delta
Yukon (; ; formerly called Yukon Territory and also referred to as the Yukon) is the smallest and westernmost of Canada's three territories. It also is the second-least populated province or territory in Canada, with a population of 43,964 as ...
of
Kusilvak Census Area, Alaska
Kusilvak Census Area, formerly known as Wade Hampton Census Area, is a census area located in the U.S. state of Alaska. As of the 2020 census, the population was 8,368, up from 7,459 in 2010. It is part of the Unorganized Borough and therefore ...
, United States. The lake is long and is bordered to the south east by the
Kusilvak Mountains
The Kusilvak Mountains (''Ingrill’er, Manialnguq'' in Yup'ik) is a mountain range of the Yukon Delta in Kusilvak Census Area, Alaska,United States Geological Survey, Geographic Names Information Service, Feature Detail Report for: Kusilvak Mou ...
. The lake's name is
Eskimo
Eskimo () is an exonym used to refer to two closely related Indigenous peoples: the Inuit (including the Alaska Native Iñupiat, the Greenlandic Inuit, and the Canadian Inuit) and the Yupik peoples, Yupik (or Siberian Yupik, Yuit) of eastern Si ...
in origin. At an elevation of it is, or near, the lowest point in the state of Alaska.
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Lakes of Alaska
Bodies of water of Kusilvak Census Area, Alaska
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