Whale Lake
Whale Lake is a lake in Cook County in what is known as the Arrowhead Region of northern Minnesota. It is within the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness of the Superior National Forest, at the base of Eagle Mountain, Minnesota's highest point.
Photo: Greyduk, Public domain.Places of Interest
Highlights: Eagle Mountain.
Eagle Mountain
Peak
Whale Lake
- Type: Body of water
- Description: lake in Minnesota, United States
- Category: lake
- Location: Cook, Minnesota, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
47.89229° or 47° 53′ 32″ north
Longitude
-90.54585° or 90° 32′ 45″ west
Elevation
1,890 feet (576 metres)
Open location code
86VFVFR3+WM
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=water
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to French—“Whale Lake” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بحيرة ويل، فراند ماريس”
- Cebuano: “Whale Lake (lanaw sa Estados Unidos, Minnesota)”
- Cebuano: “Whale Lake”
- French: “Whale Lake”
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Places to explore: Pine Mountain Trailer Court and Maple Hill.
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Highlights: Eagle Mountain Trail and Abita Lake.
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