Lake Clark (Alaska)

{{Short description| Lake in the state of Alaska, United States}}

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| name = Lake Clark

| native_name ={{native name|tfn|Qizhjeh Vena}}

| image = Lake Clark Place Name Project images. Credit Dev Charm Khalsa NPS. (997f0f3e-e7db-418a-83be-eaacbe026e50).jpg

| caption = Aerial view of Lake Clark. Nondalton, Alaska on the right.

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| location = Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska, US

| coords = {{Coord|60|14|39|N|154|17|07|W|region:US-AK_type:waterbody_scale:500000|display=inline,title}}

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| basin_countries = United States

| length = {{convert|69|km|abbr=on}}

| width = {{convert|8|km|abbr=on}}

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| max-depth = {{convert|322|m|ft|abbr=on}}

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| elevation = {{convert|75|m|abbr=on}} {{cite web|url=https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/search/names/1400425|title=USGNIS Lake Clarke}}

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| pushpin_map_alt = Location of Lake Clark in Alaska, US

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Lake Clark (Denaʼina: Qizhjeh Vena) is a lake in southwest Alaska. It drains through Six Mile Lake and the Newhalen River into Iliamna Lake. The lake is about {{convert|64|km|mi|abbr=on}} long and about {{convert|8|km|mi|abbr=on}} wide.

Lake Clark was named for John W. Clark, chief of the Nushagak trading post and the first American non-Native to see the lake, when an expedition financed by a weekly magazine reached it in February 1891.Branson (2012), chapter 13 The Dena'ina Athabascan name is Qizjeh Vena which means "place where people gather lake".Branson (2012), p.186 The lake is within Lake Clark National Park and Preserve.

{{wide image|Lake clark panorama cropped.jpg|800px|A panoramic picture taken from the bank of Lake Clark||none}}