Baranof Lake is a glacially-fed, horseshoe-shaped

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 ...

on the eastern side of

Baranof Island Baranof Island is an island in the northern Alexander Archipelago in the Alaska Panhandle, in Alaska. The name Baranof was given in 1805 by Imperial Russian Navy captain Yuri Lisyansky, U. F. Lisianski to honor Alexander Andreyevich Baranov. It ...

, in

Alaska Alaska ( ; russian: Аляска, Alyaska; ale, Alax̂sxax̂; ; ems, Alas'kaaq; Yup'ik: ''Alaskaq''; tli, Anáaski) is a state located in the Western United States on the northwest extremity of North America. A semi-exclave of the U.S., ...

. Baranof Lake borders the community of

Baranof Warm Springs Baranof Warm Springs is a small, primarily seasonally-occupied community located in the List of boroughs and census areas in Alaska, city and borough of Sitka, Alaska, on the eastern side of Baranof Island, from which it likely derives its name, ...

and also has a Forest Service cabin on the northwestern end of the lake. Baranof River flows into the lake's western end and exits on the eastern end in rapids and a waterfall. Baranof Lake was likely named for the community of Baranof Warm Springs.

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* Lakes of Alaska Lakes of Sitka, Alaska Glacial lakes of the United States {{SitkaAK-geo-stub