Quesnel Lake

Quesnel Lake is a glacial lake or fjord in , Canada, and is the major tributary of the Fraser River. With a maximum depth of 511 m, it is claimed to be the deepest fjord lake in the world, the deepest lake in BC, and the third-deepest lake in North America, after and .
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  • Lake
  • …lies at an elevation of 723 metres (2,372 feet)
  • Description: glacial lake in British Columbia, Canada

Quesnel Lake

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Latitude
52.50833° or 52° 30′ 30″ north
Longitude
-120.93889° or 120° 56′ 20″ west
Open location code
944XG356+8C
Geo­Names ID
6115193
Wiki­data ID
Q1495461

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Quesnel Lake” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بحيرة كويسنيل”
  • Cebuano: “Quesnel Lake”
  • Chinese: “克內爾湖”
  • Dutch: “Quesnel Lake”
  • French: “lac Quesnel”
  • French: “Lac Quesnel”
  • Georgian: “კვესნელის ტბა”
  • German: “Quesnel Lake”
  • Greek: “Λίμνη Κουέσνελ”
  • Italian: “Lago Quesnel”
  • Japanese: “クェスネル湖”
  • Japanese: “クエスネル湖”
  • Kurdish: “Gola Quesnel”
  • Mingrelian: “კვესნელიშ ტობა”
  • Portuguese: “Lago Quesnel”
  • Russian: “Квеснел”
  • Russian: “Кенель”
  • Serbian: “Квезнел”
  • Spanish: “Lago Quesnel”
  • Swedish: “Quesnel Lake”
  • Ukrainian: “Квеснел (озеро)”
  • Ukrainian: “Квеснел”

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