Becharof Lake

Infobox lake
lake_name = Becharof Lake
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location = Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska, USA
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area = convert|453|sqmi|km2cite web
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Becharof Lake is a convert|37|mi|km|0 long lake on the Alaska Peninsula of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is located convert|23|mi|km|0 South-East of Egegik, in the Aleutian Range.

History

The lake was named in 1868 by naturalist W. H. Dall, USC&GS for Russian navigator Dmitry Bocharov, IRN, who was at Kodiak and explored Alaska in 1788. The Russian Hydrog. Dept. published the name "Oz(ero) Ugashek" on Chart 1455 in 1852.

Becharof Lake is the 2nd. largest lake in Alaska after Iliamna Lake, and the 14th. largest lake in the United States of America.

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