Minaret Lake

Minaret Lake is a lake in the Ritter Range, a subrange of the Sierra Nevada, in California. It is located in extreme northeastern Madera County, within the Ansel Adams Wilderness of the Inyo National Forest.

Minaret Lake
with The Minarets behind
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Location	Ansel Adams Wilderness, Sierra Nevada, Madera County, California, United States
Coordinates	37°39′35″N 119°09′29″W
Primary outflows	Minaret Creek
Basin countries	United States
Surface elevation	9,800 feet (3,000 m)[1]
References	[1]

Minaret Lake is notable for being on the Sierra High Route.^[2]

It is near the fatal 2007 airplane crash site of Steve Fossett (Fossett's plane crashed north of the lake, near the Minaret Mine on Volcanic Ridge).^[3]

See also

• List of lakes in California

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Minaret Lake
2. Roper, Steve (1997). Sierra High Route: Traversing Timberline Country. Seattle: The Mountaineers. ISBN 0-89886-506-9.
3. Fagan, Kevin (October 3, 2008). "Plane wreckage Fossett's - bone fragment found". San Francisco Chronicle.