Lake Basin
Lake Basin is a depression in Wallowa, Oregon and has an elevation of 7,644 feet.Places of Interest
Highlights include Eagle Cap and Benson Glacier.
Eagle Cap
Peak
Eagle Cap is a mountain peak located in the Wallowa Mountains, Wallowa–Whitman National Forest, in the U.S. state of Oregon. The peak is in the Eagle Cap Wilderness, towering over Mirror Lake, with the Benson Glacier along the east flank of the summit ridge. Eagle Cap is situated 1½ miles south of Lake Basin.
Benson Glacier
Glacier
Benson Glacier was a glacier in the U.S. state of Oregon and the last active glacier in the Wallowa Mountains. Situated at an elevation generally above 8,500 feet on the northeastern slopes Glacier Peak, a subpeak of Eagle Cap, it is now a stagnant ice mass. Benson Glacier is situated 1½ miles south of Lake Basin.
Lake Basin
- Type: Depression with an elevation of 7,644 feet
- Category: landform
- Location: Wallowa, Oregon, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
45.18682° or 45° 11′ 13″ north
Longitude
-117.29407° or 117° 17′ 39″ west
Elevation
7,644 feet (2,330 metres)
Open location code
85Q45PP4+P9
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