Description

Scaup Lake is located near W coast of Kenai Peninsula, 4 mi. E of Gray Cliff and 25 mi. NE of Kenai, Cook Inlet Low.

History

Named about 1963 by officials of Kenai National Moose Range, probably for the Greater Scaup, or Blue-billed Widgeon, (Aythya marila nearctica), a duck which breeds and winters in Alaska.

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