Scatterwood Lake

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Scatterwood Lake
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Scatterwood Lake
Location Faulk County, South Dakota
Coordinates 45°11′59″N98°45′11″W / 45.199705°N 98.753177°W / 45.199705; -98.753177 Coordinates: 45°11′59″N98°45′11″W / 45.199705°N 98.753177°W / 45.199705; -98.753177
Type lake

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

Scatterwood Lake was descriptively named by John C. Frémont and Joseph Nicollet. [2]

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Scatterwood Lake
  2. Federal Writers' Project (1940). South Dakota place-names, v.2. University of South Dakota. p. 66.