Lake Sakakawea

Lake Sakakawea is a large in the north central , impounded in 1953 by , a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dam located in the basin in central .
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  • Type: Reservoir
  • Description: reservoir on the Missouri River in North Dakota, United States
  • Also known as: Garrison Dam Lake”, “Garrison Dam Reservoir”, “Garrison Lake”, “Garrison Reservoir”, and “Lake Thompson

Lake Sakakawea

Latitude
47.77159° or 47° 46′ 18″ north
Longitude
-102.32957° or 102° 19′ 47″ west
Elevation
1,841 feet (561 metres)
Open location code
85VVQMCC+J5
Geo­Names ID
5690063
Wiki­data ID
Q1801077
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Welsh—“Lake Sakakawea” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: lake Sakakawea
  • Cebuano: Lake Sakakawea
  • Chinese: 沙卡卡威亞湖
  • Chinese: 萨卡加维亚湖
  • Dutch: Lake Sakakawea
  • French: lac Sakakawea
  • French: Lac Sakakawea
  • German: Lake Sakakawea
  • Italian: lago Sakakawea
  • Italian: Lago Sakakawea
  • Japanese: サカカウェア湖
  • Lithuanian: Sakakavijos tvenkinys
  • Macedonian: Сакакавеја
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Lake Sakakawea
  • Norwegian: Lake Sakakawea
  • Polish: Sakakawea
  • Russian: Сакакавиа
  • Serbian: Сакакавија
  • Spanish: Lago Sakakawea
  • Welsh: Llyn Sakakawea

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