HydroLAKES lake · #5001
Alsek Lake
Natural lakeUnited States of AmericaNorth America 22 m
Surface area
50,29km²
Avg depth
33,1m
Volume
1 663,35km³
Shoreline
50,8km
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Skagway-Yakutat-AngoonAlaska · United States50.57 km²100.0% of lake
4 intersecting protected areas
Kluane / Wrangell-St Elias / Glacier Bay / Tatshenshini-Alsek
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
50.56 km² overlap
Marine Protected Area
49.77 km² overlap
Glacier Bay
IUCN IINational Park
49.77 km² overlap
Glacier Bay
IUCN IbWilderness Area
0.63 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
5 distinct species · 11 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Not enough documented interactions to build a meaningful graph for this territory.
Lake statistics (HydroLAKES)
Surface
50,29km²
Avg depth
33,1m
Volume
1 663,350km³
Watershed
27 851km²
Shoreline
50,8km
Shore dev. idx
2,02
Residence time
24days
Elevation
22m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.