Seitz Lake

Seitz Lake is a glacial tarn in the Ruby Mountains, in Elko County in the northeastern part of the state of Nevada. It is located near the head of Seitz Canyon at approximately, and at an elevation of 8,915 feet.

Photo: G. Thomas, Public domain.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mount Gilbert and Ruby Dome.

Mount Gilbert

Peak

Photo: G. Thomas, Public domain.

Mount Gilbert is the sixth-highest named mountain of the Ruby Mountains and the eighth-highest in Elko County, in Nevada, United States. It is the forty-third-highest mountain in the state.

Ruby Dome

Peak

Photo: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Ruby Dome is the highest mountain in both the Ruby Mountains and Elko County, in Nevada, United States. It is the twenty-seventh-highest mountain in the state, and also ranks as the thirteenth-most topographically prominent peak in the state.

Echo Lake

Lake

Photo: G. Thomas, Public domain.

Echo Lake is a glacial tarn in the Ruby Mountains, in Elko County in the northeastern part of the state of Nevada. It is located at the head of remote Echo Canyon at approximately, and at an elevation of 9,830 feet.

Seitz Lake

Type: Lake
Description: lake in Elko County, Nevada, USA
Category: body of water
Location: Elko, Nevada, Southwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

40.63721° or 40° 38′ 14″ north

Longitude

-115.45739° or 115° 27′ 27″ west

Elevation

8,944 feet (2,726 metres)

Open location code

85G6JGPV+V2

OpenStreetMap ID

way 733946522

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

OpenStreetMap feature

water=lake

GeoNames ID

5708353

Wikidata ID

Q7335126

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Spanish—“Seitz Lake” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Seitz Lake (lanaw sa Estados Unidos, Nevada)”
Cebuano: “Seitz Lake”
French: “Seitz Lake”
Spanish: “Lago Seitz”

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