Thousand Island Lake
Thousand Island Lake is a large alpine lake in the Sierra Nevada, within the Ansel Adams Wilderness in eastern Madera County, California. The lake is named for the many small rocky islands that dot its surface.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Lake
- Description: lake of the United States of America
- Also known as: “Islet Lake”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mount Ritter and Banner Peak.
Mount Ritter
Peak
Photo: Mel, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Mount Ritter is the highest mountain in Madera County, California, in the Western United States, at an elevation of 13,149 feet. It is also the highest and most prominent peak of its namesake, the Ritter Range, a subrange of the Sierra Nevada in the Ansel Adams Wilderness of the Inyo and Sierra National Forests. Mount Ritter is situated 2½ miles south of Thousand Island Lake.
Banner Peak
Peak
Banner Peak is the second tallest peak in the Ritter Range of California's Sierra Nevada. The mountain is 12,942 feet tall, and there are several glaciers on its slopes. Banner Peak is situated 2 miles south of Thousand Island Lake.
Mount Davis
Peak
Mount Davis is a prominent peak in the Ansel Adams Wilderness on the Inyo National Forest and south of Yosemite National Park. The peak was named in honor of Lieutenant Milton Fennimore Davis, who was with the first troops detailed to guard Yosemite National Park. Mount Davis is situated 2 miles west of Thousand Island Lake.
Thousand Island Lake
- Category: body of water
- Location: Madera County, San Joaquin Valley, California, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Slovenian—“Thousand Island Lake” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Thousand Island Lake (lanaw sa Estados Unidos, California)”
- Cebuano: “Thousand Island Lake”
- Chinese: “千岛湖”
- Chinese: “千島湖”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بحيره ثوساند ايسلاند”
- French: “lac Thousand Island”
- French: “Lac Thousand Island”
- Japanese: “サウザンドアイランド湖”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Hiljadu otoka”
- Slovenian: “Jezero tisočerih otokov”
- Slovenian: “Thousand Island Lake”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Emerald Lake and Ruby Lake.
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