Thousand Island Lake
Lake in the state of California, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Not to be confused with Qiandao Lake.
Thousand Island Lake is a large alpine lake in the Sierra Nevada, within the Ansel Adams Wilderness in eastern Madera County, California.
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Location | Sierra Nevada, Ansel Adams Wilderness, Madera County, California, United States |
Coordinates | 37°43′15″N 119°10′56″W |
Primary outflows | Middle Fork San Joaquin River |
Basin countries | United States |
Max. length | 2.5 mi (4.0 km) |
Max. width | 0.7 mi (1.1 km) |
Surface elevation | 2,997 metres (9,833 ft) [1] |
Islands | many |
References | [1] |
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The lake is named for the many small rocky islands that dot its surface. Theodore Solomons probably established the 'Thousand Island' name, as this appears on his 1896 map. John Muir called it by "Islet Lake."[2]