Fish Creek Watershed Observatory

Monitoring Aquatic Habitat in the Context of Land-use and Climate Change Impacts in Arctic Alaska

Station Name:
Upper Blackfish Lake (M9925)
Latitude:
N 70.247°
Longitude:
W 151.478°
Elevation:
13.0 masl
Lake Area:
87 ha
Mean Depth:
0.4 m
Record:
2011-present
Purpose:

This very shallow bedfast ice lake is located adjacent to the newly developed GMT1 facility and feeds Blackfish Creek. This site was also part of the Circum-Arctic Lake Observation Network (CALON) from 2012-2015.

Upper Blackfish Lake location map
FishCreek Upper Blackfish Lake