Sandy Lake is a lake on the Alaska Peninsula. The lake is located between the Upper Sandy River and Lower Sandy River, which drains into the Bering Sea. It lies 25 miles north-east of Port Moller Airport and is on the boundary of the Alaska Peninsula National Wildlife Refuge. Mount Veniaminof lies to the west of the lake.
It is fed by Upper Sandy River which offers a spawning habitat for sockeye salmon as it enters the lake.[1] Based on the surface area of the lake it has been estimated that the annual production of sockeye salmon is 119,000,[2] however the model used for this estimate may not be appropriate for shallow lakes on the Alaskan peninsular such as Sandy Lake.[3]
Steelhead trout have also been found in the lake.[4]
The lake features a 10-foot terrace of lacustrine deposits.[5]
References
edit- ^ Revised Comprehensive Conservation Plan and Environmental Impact Statement:Alaska Peninsula and Becharof National Wildlife Refuges, 2005, p. 115
- ^ Honnold, S. G.; J. A. Edmundson; S. Schrof (1996). Limnological and fishery assessment of 23 Alaska Peninsula and Aleutian area lakes, 1993-1995: An evaluation of potential sockeye and coho salmon production (Report). Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Commercial Fisheries Management and Development Division. Regional Information Report No. 4K96-52, Kodiak.
- ^ Review of salmon escapement goals in the Alaska peninsula Aleutian Islands management areas report to the Alaska Board of Fisheries, 2004 (PDF) (Report). Alaska Department of Fish and Game. 2006. Fishery Manuscript No. 06-63.
- ^ F. Jeffrey Adams (1993). The effects of global warming on the distribution of steelhead trout populations in the Alaska peninsula, Alaska: 1992 progress report for studies funded under the fishery resources monitoring program global climate change component (Report). U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. p. 16.
- ^ D.M. Hopkins (1963). Geology of the Imuruk Lake Area; Seward Peninsula, Alaska (PDF) (Report). United States Department of the Interior & United States Geological Survey. p. C46. Geological survey bulletin 1141-C.
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