Lake Wylie | |
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Location | York County, South Carolina / Gaston / Mecklenburg counties, North Carolina, US |
Coordinates | 35°5′8.9″N 81°3′30.9″W / 35.085806°N 81.058583°W |
Lake type | Reservoir |
Primary inflows | Catawba River |
Basin countries | United States |
Surface area | 20.9 mi2 (54.2 km2) |
Max. depth | 25 m (82 ft) |
Shore length1 | 325 mi (523 km) |
Islands | many |
Settlements | Charlotte, North Carolina Lake Wylie, South Carolina Steele Creek, North Carolina Tega Cay, South Carolina India Hook, South Carolina |
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. |
Lake Wylie is a reservoir or man-made lake in the U.S. states of South Carolina and North Carolina. The lake has a surface area of 13,400 acres (54.2 km2)[1] (20.9 mi2) (5420 ha) and features 325 miles (523 km)[2] of shoreline.