Lakes / Alaska / Valdez-Cordova County / Y Lake
Y Lake, Alaska
164 acres
Surface Area
Where It Sits, and How Deep It Goes
Locator - Alaska
62.49 degrees N, 146.22 degrees W - Valdez-Cordova County. State and county outlines drawn from Census boundary data; the lake marker is placed by its USGS National Hydrography Dataset coordinates, not by eye. Schematic - not a survey map.
How Y Lake Stacks Up
- Larger than 52% of the 2,450 lakes counted in Alaska.
- About 149 miles from Anchorage, as the crow flies.
Lakes Nearby
| Lake | County | Distance | Surface Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deep Lake | Valdez-Cordova | 6.4 mi | 807 acres |
| First Hill Lake | Valdez-Cordova | 8.8 mi | 623 acres |
| Bell Lake | Matanuska-Susitna | 9.0 mi | 530 acres |
| Dog Lake | Valdez-Cordova | 9.4 mi | 571 acres |
| Second Hill Lake | Valdez-Cordova | 9.5 mi | 693 acres |
| Sea Horse Lake | Valdez-Cordova | 9.9 mi | 273 acres |
Straight-line distance between lake centers.
Facts and Figures
Questions About Y Lake
How Big Is Y Lake?
Y Lake covers 164 acres in Valdez-Cordova County, Alaska.
What Is the Largest Lake in Valdez-Cordova County?
Tazlina Lake is the largest lake in Valdez-Cordova County, at 38,912 acres.
Largest Lakes in Alaska
| # | Lake | County | Surface Area | Max Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iliamna Lake | Lake and Peninsula | 654,518 acres | - |
| 2 | Becharof Lake | Lake and Peninsula | 289,706 acres | - |
| 3 | Teshekpuk Lake | North Slope | 206,614 acres | - |
| 4 | Naknek Lake | Lake and Peninsula | 145,357 acres | - |
| 5 | Dall Lake | Bethel | 111,681 acres | - |
All 2,450 Alaska lakes ranked by surface area
Sources: USGS NHD (The National Map NHD MapServer layer 12) named waterbodies FTYPE 390/436; counties via Census point-in-polygon lake data (ID 27390907). Verified October 30, 2026.