Description
Oily Lake is located on Malaspina Glacier, S of Samovar Hills and 53 mi. NW of Yakutat, St. Elias Mts.
History
Name published by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in 1959. A lake this size does not appear on the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) 1951 map, therefore it may be relatively new or intermittent.