Mono Lake

Mono Lake is a massive lake that sits at over 6,000 feet elevation in the region of , just east of Yosemite National Park. There are no rivers or streams to drain the lake's waters, resulting in high saline concentrations.
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  • Lake
  • …has a surface elevation of 6,378 feet (1,944 metres)
  • Description: endorheic lake in California
  • Also known as
    “Lake Mono”
    “Mona Lake”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Paoha Island and Negit Island.
Island
is a volcanic in Mono Lake, an endorheic lake in the U.S. state of .
USGS, Public domain.
Island
is an island in Mono Lake.
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Latitude
38.0076° or 38° 0′ 27″ north
Longitude
-119.0148° or 119° 0′ 53″ west
Open location code
85C22X5P+23
Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Mono Lake” goes by many names.
بحيرة مونوArabic
Mono aintziraBasque
МоноBulgarian
Llac MonoCatalan
Mono LakeCebuano
莫諾湖Chinese
莫诺湖Chinese
МоноChuvash
MonoCzech
Mono LakeCzech
Mono LakeDanish
Mono LakeDutch
Lago MonoEsperanto
Mono LakeEsperanto
Mono järvEstonian
Mono LakeFinnish
אגם מונוHebrew
मोनो झीलHindi
Mono-tóHungarian
Ọdọ Mmiri MonoIgbo
Danau MonoIndonesian
Lago MonoItalian
Mono LakeItalian
モノレイクJapanese
モノ湖Japanese
Danau MonoJavanese
Tlaga MonoJavanese
Tlaga Mono, CaliforniaJavanese
모노 레이크Korean
모노 호Korean
모노 호수Korean
Mono LakeLimburgan
Mono ežerasLithuanian
Farihy MonoMalagasy
MonosjøenNorwegian
MonosjøenNorwegian Bokmål
MonosjøenNorwegian Nynorsk
دریاچه مونوPersian
Jezioro MonoPolish
Mono LakePolish
Lacul MonoRomanian
Mono LakeRomanian
МоноRussian
Озеро МоноRussian
Jezero MonoSerbian
Mono jezeroSerbian
Језеро МоноSerbian
Jezero MonoSerbo-Croatian
MonoSerbo-Croatian
Mono LakeSlovenian
مونو گؤلوSouth Azerbaijani
MonosjönSwedish
ஒற்றை உவரேரிTamil
Mono GölüTurkish
МоноUkrainian
Озеро МоноUkrainian
Hồ MonoVietnamese
莫諾湖Yue Chinese

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Localities in the Area

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Mono County: Highlights

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