# Mendenhall Lake

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{{short description|Lake in the United States}}
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{{Infobox body of water
 | name = Mendenhall Lake
 | image = Frozen Lake of Juneau's Mendenhall Glacier.JPG
 | caption = The lake, mostly frozen over, and the Mendenhall Glacier
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 | location = [Juneau, Alaska](/source/Juneau%2C_Alaska)
 | coords = {{coord|58|25|24|N|134|34|10|W|region:US-AK_type:waterbody_source:GNIS|display=inline,title|name=Mendenhall Lake (Juneau)}}<ref name=GNIS-ML>{{Gnis|1406232}}</ref>
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 | inflow = [Mendenhall Glacier](/source/Mendenhall_Glacier), Steep Creek, [Nugget Creek](/source/Nugget_Falls)
 | outflow = [Mendenhall River](/source/Mendenhall_River)
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'''Mendenhall Lake''' ([Tlingit](/source/Tlingit_language): ''Sit'.áa'') is a [proglacial](/source/proglacial_lake) [lake](/source/lake) in the [Mendenhall Valley](/source/Mendenhall_Valley) at the 1962 terminus of [Mendenhall Glacier](/source/Mendenhall_Glacier), {{Convert|3|mi|km|spell=in}} north of the [Juneau Airport](/source/Juneau_Airport) in the [Coast Mountains](/source/Coast_Mountains).  It is the source of the short [Mendenhall River](/source/Mendenhall_River).<ref name=GNIS-ML/> The lake is included in the [Mendenhall Glacier Recreation Area](/source/Mendenhall_Glacier_Recreation_Area) of the [Tongass National Forest](/source/Tongass_National_Forest).<ref name="USFSPlanning">[http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=37050 Mendenhall Glacier Recreation Area Planning], [United States Forest Service](/source/United_States_Forest_Service)</ref>

==Name==
Like other geographic features with Mendenhall in their title, Mendenhall Lake is named for [physicist](/source/physicist) and [meteorologist](/source/meteorologist) [Thomas Corwin Mendenhall](/source/Thomas_Corwin_Mendenhall).

Local name derived from the Mendenhall Glacier and published in 1962 by [United States Geological Survey](/source/United_States_Geological_Survey).  In 1909, the lake was called '''McCush Lake''' by miners because Neil McCush had mining property near it (DeArmond, 1957, p.&nbsp;31).<ref name=GNIS-ML/>

== References ==
[[File:Mendenhall Ice Dragon 21Sep2007.JPG|thumb|250px|right|Melting ice on Mendenhall Lake near the start of the [Mendenhall River](/source/Mendenhall_River) with [Nugget Falls](/source/Nugget_Falls) in the background. For reference, the glacier is to the left and visitor center to the right.]]
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Category:Lakes of Juneau, Alaska
Category:Lakes of Alaska
Category:Proglacial lakes

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