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Iliamna Lake

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Iliamna Lake

Lake, Alaska, U.S. The largest lake in Alaska and the second largest freshwater lake entirely within the U.S., it is 80 mi (129 km) long and 25 mi (40 km) wide and covers an area of 1,000 sq mi (2,600 sq km). Located west of Cook Inlet in southwestern Alaska, it drains southwest into Bristol Bay and the Bering Sea. The active Iliamna Volcano, 10,016 ft (3,053 m) high, lies northeast of the lake. It was named by Tanaina Indians, whose mythology held that it was inhabited by a giant blackfish capable of biting holes in canoes.



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: 6 Mining District: Kamishak and Iliamna Lake area and Ambler Mining District.
The single-engine deHavilland Beaver, operated by Big Foot Air, had been reported overdue Friday on a flight from Lake Hood in Anchorage to Iliamna Lake, where the passengers were planning to fish.
TNR"), Geocom's partner at Iliamna, the right to acquire a 70% interest in three claim blocks, the "D", "H" and "S", held by BHP Billiton in the Iliamna Lake area of southwest Alaska by incurring certain expenditures and accomplishing 1,750 meters of drilling on two of the claim blocks.
 
 
 
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