Teshekpuk Lake
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Teshekpuk Lake is the largest lake in Arctic Alaska, at 22 miles width on the Alaska North Slope within the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, South of Pitt Point, 12 miles east of Harrison Bay, 80 mi
False-color image of Teshekpuk Lake (on left side of image) and the North Slope. Green indicates vegetation and blue indicates water. Some bodies of water also appear in off-white or yellowish, probably due to different amounts of sediment in the water and/or the sun angle. The Beaufort Sea is at the top of the scene.
Alpine, Alaska
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Alpine is an unincorporated community and former census-designated place in the North Slope Borough of Alaska within the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska on native lands. The population was 0 at the
Teshekpuk Lake
…East Asian–Australasian Flyway site network. The lake is threatened by salt water contamination from disappearing sea ice, as well as oil drilling in Alpine, Alaska, and by ConocoPhilipps Willow project. Its name comes from the Iñupiaq language Tasiqpak, recorded by Rochfort Maguire as Tasok-poh in 1854, and reported…
Part of the Alpine Oil Field