Lake Merritt
Lake Merritt is a lake located in a large tidal lagoon basin in the center of Oakland, California, just east of Downtown. It is named after Samuel Merritt, Oakland's mayor in 1867–1869, who had the lagoon dammed turning the varying tidal lagoon into a stable brackish lake.
Dcoetzee, Public domain.- Lake
- …has a surface elevation of 7 feet (2 metres)
- Description: lagoon in Oakland, California, United States
- Also known as“Lake Merritt Wild Duck Refuge”“Lake Merritt Wildlife Refuge”“Lake Merritt, CA”“Peralta Lake”
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Lake Merritt
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Latitude
37.8037° or 37° 48′ 13″ north
Longitude
-122.25583° or 122° 15′ 21″ west
Open location code
849VRP3V+FM
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Vietnamese—“Lake Merritt” goes by many names.
МеритBulgarian
Lake MerrittCebuano
梅里特湖Chinese
湖邊Chinese
Lake MerrittDutch
Lago MerrittItalian
メリット湖Japanese
レイクメリットJapanese
Lacul MerrittRomanian
Lake MerrittRomanian
hồ MerrittVietnamese
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