Smith Lake (Alaska)

Smith Lake
Ice skater on Smith Lake, Fairbanks, Alaska. October 2020.
Location of Smith Lake in Alaska, US
Location of Smith Lake in Alaska, US
Smith Lake
Location of Smith Lake in Alaska, US
Location of Smith Lake in Alaska, US
Smith Lake
LocationFairbanks, Alaska
Coordinates64°51′57″N 147°51′50″W / 64.8658°N 147.8639°W / 64.8658; -147.8639
Typelake
Max. length980 feet (300 m)
Max. width980 feet (300 m)

Smith Lake (Athabascan: Tr'exwghodegi Troth Yeddha' Bena') is a lake in Fairbanks, Alaska[1] on the property of the University of Alaska Fairbanks. It is triangular in shape, roughly 980 ft × 980 ft × 1,250 ft (300 m × 300 m × 380 m).[2]

The university maintains ecological and hydrological monitoring sites at the lake.[3]

  1. ^ "Smith Lake". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2011-11-11.
  2. ^ Tohko Kaufmann (1971). "Ecology, Biology and Gonad Morphology of Gerris rufoscutellatus (Hemiptera: Gerridae) in Fairbanks, Alaska". American Midland Naturalist 86(2), 407-416.
  3. ^ Robert W. Lichvar, Gary A. Laursen, Rodney D. Seppelt and Walter R. Ichs (2009). "Selecting and Testing Cryptogam Species for Use in Wetland Delineation in Alaska". Arctic 62(2), 201–211.