Alkali Lake (Lander and Pershing counties, Nevada)

Alkali Lake
Alkali Lake
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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