Alaska
Southcentral Alaska
Anchorage

Portage Lake

Portage Lake is a glacial lake in the of the U.S. state of . It sits in a long, heavily glaciated valley, and abuts the calving face of at its southern end.
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Photo: steve lyon, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel and Byron Glacier.

Tunnel
Photo: UED77, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Portage Glacier Highway, or Portage Glacier Road, is a highway located in the U.S. state of . The highway is made up of a series of roads, bridges, and tunnels that connect the area of the and the city of to the Seward Highway.

Glacier
Photo: Ianare, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Whittier.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.
is a small town in that is famous because all of its 272 residents live in one building.

Portage Lake

Latitude
60.76869° or 60° 46′ 7″ north
Longitude
-148.80803° or 148° 48′ 29″ west
Elevation
118 feet (36 metres)
Open location code
93GHQ59R+FQ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 107126257
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Open­Street­Map feature
water=­lake
Geo­Names ID
5871980
Wiki­data ID
Q7231419
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Satellite Map

Discover Portage Lake from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Venetian—“Portage Lake” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Portage Lake (lanaw sa Estados Unidos, Alaska, Anchorage Municipality)”
  • Cebuano: “Portage Lake”
  • Chinese: “波蒂奇湖”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بحيره پورتاج”
  • French: “Lac Portage”
  • French: “Portage Lake”
  • German: “Portage Lake”
  • Italian: “Lago Portage”
  • Venetian: “lago Portage”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Bear Valley and Lower Engineer’s Camp.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Portage Glacier Cruise and Byron Glacier.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Portage Lake”. Photo: steve lyon, CC BY-SA 2.0.