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Lake Butte des Morts | |
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Location | Winnebago County, Wisconsin, United States |
Coordinates | 44°04′23″N 088°38′31″W |
Primary inflows | Fox River, Wolf River |
Primary outflows | Fox River |
Basin countries | United States |
Max. length | 11.6 km (7 mi) |
Max. width | 2.8 km (2 mi) |
Surface area | 34.7 km2 (8,575 acres)[1] |
Average depth | 2.1 m (7 ft) |
Max. depth | 2.7 m (9 ft) |
Water volume | 65,550,085 m3 (1.7316500×1010 US gal)[2] |
Shore length1 | 50.6 km (31 mi) |
Surface elevation | 226 m (741 ft) |
Settlements | Oshkosh, Wisconsin, Butte des Morts, Wisconsin |
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. |
Big Lake Butte des Morts (/ˌbjuːdəˈmɔːr/[3]) is a freshwater lake located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. It is part of the Winnebago Pool (also known as the Winnebago System) of lakes in east central Wisconsin, along with Lake Winnebago, Lake Poygan, and Lake Winneconne. The lake is fed by the Fox River in the southwest and the Wolf River draining from Lake Winneconne in the northwest, and drains via the Fox River in the southeast into Lake Winnebago. Lake Butte des Morts is part of the Butte des Morts region in Winnebago County, Wisconsin. It is not connected to Little Lake Butte des Morts, which is located along the Lower Fox River, downstream of Lake Winnebago
The name "Butte des Morts" was given by French colonial settlers. It means "Mound of the Dead", in reference to a nearby prehistoric Native American burial mound. In the Menominee language this place is known as Paehkuahkīhsaeh which means "small mound".[4]