Alkali Lake (Lander and Pershing counties, Nevada)

Alkali Lake
Location of Alkali Lake in Nevada, USA.
Location of Alkali Lake in Nevada, USA.
Alkali Lake
Location of Alkali Lake in Nevada, USA.
Location of Alkali Lake in Nevada, USA.
Alkali Lake
LocationLander County, Nevada and Pershing County, Nevada
Coordinates40°24′58″N 117°19′13″W / 40.41611°N 117.32028°W / 40.41611; -117.32028[1]
TypeLake
Surface elevation4,603 feet (1,403 m)

Alkali Lake is a lake in the U.S. state of Nevada.[1]

Alkali Lake was so named on account of it being a soda lake or "alkaline lake" (a lake with high alkalinity).[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "Alkali Lake". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 14 Jan 2021.
  2. ^ Federal Writers' Project (1941). Origin of Place Names: Nevada (PDF). W.P.A. p. 40.


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