Diamond Lake (South Dakota)

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Diamond Lake
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Diamond Lake
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Diamond Lake
Location Minnehaha County, South Dakota
Coordinates 43°50′31″N97°06′08″W / 43.8420087°N 97.1021147°W / 43.8420087; -97.1021147
Type lake
Surface elevation1,709 feet (521 m)

Diamond Lake is a natural lake in South Dakota, in the United States. [1]

Diamond Lake was named on account of its outline resembling a diamond. [2]

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Diamond Lake (South Dakota)
  2. Federal Writers' Project (1940). South Dakota place-names, v.2. University of South Dakota. p. 22.