Kentucky Lake
Kentucky Lake is a major navigable reservoir along the Tennessee River in Kentucky and Tennessee. It was created in 1944 by the Tennessee Valley Authority's impounding of the Tennessee River via Kentucky Dam for flood control and hydroelectric power.
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.Kentucky Lake
- Type: Reservoir
- Description: reservoir in Kentucky and Tennessee, United States
- Category: body of water
- Location: Benton, Tennessee, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
36.2544° or 36° 15′ 16″ north
Longitude
-88.0803° or 88° 4′ 49″ west
Elevation
358 feet (109 metres)
Open location code
868H7W39+QV
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Serbian—“Kentucky Lake” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “肯塔基湖”
- Dutch: “Kentucky Lake”
- French: “lac Kentucky”
- French: “Lac Kentucky”
- German: “Kentucky Lake”
- Macedonian: “Кентаки (езеро)”
- Macedonian: “Кентаки”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kentucky Lake”
- Serbian: “Кентаки”
- “Kentucky”
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