Mono Lake

Mono Lake is a massive lake that sits at over 6,000 feet elevation in the region of , just east of Yosemite National Park. There are no rivers or streams to drain the lake's waters, resulting in high saline concentrations.
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  • Lake
  • …has a surface elevation of 6,378 feet (1,944 metres)
  • Description: endorheic lake in California
  • Also known as
    “Lake Mono”
    “Mona Lake”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Paoha Island and Negit Island.
is a volcanic in Mono Lake, an endorheic lake in the U.S. state of .
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is an island in Mono Lake.

Mono Lake

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Latitude
38.0076° or 38° 0′ 27″ north
Longitude
-119.0148° or 119° 0′ 53″ west
Open location code
85C22X5P+23
Geo­Names ID
5374112
Wiki­data ID
Q335585

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Mono Lake” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بحيرة مونو”
  • Basque: “Mono aintzira”
  • Bulgarian: “Моно”
  • Catalan: “Llac Mono”
  • Cebuano: “Mono Lake”
  • Chinese: “莫諾湖”
  • Chinese: “莫诺湖”
  • Chuvash: “Моно”
  • Czech: “Mono Lake”
  • Czech: “Mono”
  • Danish: “Mono Lake”
  • Dutch: “Mono Lake”
  • Esperanto: “Lago Mono”
  • Esperanto: “Mono Lake”
  • Estonian: “Mono järv”
  • Finnish: “Mono Lake”
  • French: “Lac Mono”
  • French: “Mono Lake”
  • German: “Mono Lake”
  • German: “Mono-See”
  • Hebrew: “אגם מונו”
  • Hindi: “मोनो झील”
  • Hungarian: “Mono-tó”
  • Igbo: “Ọdọ Mmiri Mono”
  • Indonesian: “Danau Mono”
  • Italian: “Lago Mono”
  • Italian: “Mono Lake”
  • Japanese: “モノレイク”
  • Japanese: “モノ湖”
  • Javanese: “Danau Mono”
  • Javanese: “Tlaga Mono, California”
  • Javanese: “Tlaga Mono”
  • Korean: “모노 레이크”
  • Korean: “모노 호”
  • Korean: “모노 호수”
  • Limburgan: “Mono Lake”
  • Lithuanian: “Mono ežeras”
  • Malagasy: “Farihy Mono”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Monosjøen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Monosjøen”
  • Norwegian: “Monosjøen”
  • Persian: “دریاچه مونو”
  • Polish: “Jezioro Mono”
  • Polish: “Mono Lake”
  • Portuguese: “Lago Mono”
  • Portuguese: “Mono Lake”
  • Romanian: “Lacul Mono”
  • Romanian: “Mono Lake”
  • Russian: “Моно”
  • Russian: “Озеро Моно”
  • Serbian: “Jezero Mono”
  • Serbian: “Mono jezero”
  • Serbian: “Језеро Моно”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Jezero Mono”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Mono”
  • Slovenian: “Mono Lake”
  • South Azerbaijani: “مونو گؤلو”
  • Spanish: “Lago Mono”
  • Spanish: “Mono Lake”
  • Swedish: “Monosjön”
  • Tamil: “ஒற்றை உவரேரி”
  • Turkish: “Mono Gölü”
  • Ukrainian: “Моно”
  • Ukrainian: “Озеро Моно”
  • Vietnamese: “Hồ Mono”
  • Yue Chinese: “莫諾湖”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

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Mono County: Highlights

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