Crescent Lake (Utah)

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Crescent Lake
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Crescent Lake
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Crescent Lake
Location Cache County, Utah
Coordinates 41°58′41″N111°37′41″W / 41.9779331°N 111.6280034°W / 41.9779331; -111.6280034 Coordinates: 41°58′41″N111°37′41″W / 41.9779331°N 111.6280034°W / 41.9779331; -111.6280034
Type Lake
Surface elevation8,435 feet (2,571 m)

Crescent Lake is a lake in northeastern Cache County, Utah, United States. [1]

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Description

The lake is located in the Bear River Range within the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest [2] at an elevation of 8,435 feet (2,571 m) [1]

Crescent Lake was so named on account of its outline being shaped like a crescent. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Crescent Lake". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. "MyTopo Maps - Crescent Lake, Utah, USA" (Map). mytopo.com. Trimble Navigation, Ltd. Retrieved 12 Feb 2018.
  3. Van Cott, John W. (1990). Utah Place Names: A Comprehensive Guide to the Origins of Geographic Names: A Compilation. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press. p. 96. ISBN   978-0-87480-345-7. OCLC   797284427 . Retrieved 15 Feb 2018.