Lake Lahontan
Modern Lake Lahontan is a reservoir on the Carson River in northwest Nevada in the United States. It is formed by the Lahontan Dam, built in 1905 by the Bureau of Reclamation as part of the Newlands Reclamation Act and is located between Fallon, Nevada and Carson City, Nevada.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Lake Lahontan
- Type: Reservoir
- Description: lake in Nevada, United States of America
- Category: body of water
- Location: Lyon, Nevada, Southwest, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
Discover Lake Lahontan from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Lake Lahontan” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Lahontan Reservoir”
- French: “lac Lahontan”
- French: “Lac Lahontan”
- German: “Lahontan Reservoir”
- Italian: “lago Lahontan”
- Spanish: “Lago Lahontan”
- Welsh: “Llyn Lahontan”
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