Ts'oogot Gaay Lake Explained

Ts'oogot Gaay Lake
Location:Yukon
Coords:62.6156°N -140.9906°W
Pushpin Map:Canada Yukon
Basin Countries:Canada
Area:0.18km²
Elevation:567m (1,860feet)

Ts'oogot Gaay Lake is one of Canada's most westerly lakes, located in the south-west corner of Yukon at the Beaver Creek border with Alaska, NW along the Alaska Highway from Beaver Creek's townsite.[1] Ts'oogot Gaay Lake is above sea level and measures 0.18km2.

This lake complex also includes Ch'į̀hjiit Lake, Dlaałäl Lake, and Mänh Ts'eek.[2] The highest point nearby is 792m (2,598feet) above sea level, 2.1km (01.3miles) west of Ts'oogot Gaay Lake.[3] It extends in the north–south direction, and 0.8km (00.5miles) in the east–west direction.

The vegetation around Ts'oogot Gaay Lake is mainly sparse and often low-growth subarctic forest.[4] The annual average temperature in the valley is . The warmest month is July, when the average temperature is, and the coldest is January, at .[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ts'oogot Gaay Lake . GeoNames.org . 2022-08-20.
  2. Web site: Noms de lieux - Recherche par nom de toponyme .
  3. Web site: Digital Elevation Data - with SRTM voids filled using accurate topographic mapping .
  4. https://neo.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/view.php?datasetId=MCD12C1_T1
  5. https://neo.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/dataset_index.php