El Mirage Lake | |
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Location | Mojave Desert, San Bernardino County, California |
Coordinates | 34°38′49″N 117°36′00″W / 34.6470°N 117.60001°W |
Lake type | Endorheic basin |
Basin countries | United States |
Max. length | 10 km (6.2 mi) |
Max. width | 3 km (1.9 mi) |
Shore length1 | 25 km (16 mi) |
Surface elevation | 865 m (2,838 ft) |
References | U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: El Mirage Lake |
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. |
El Mirage Lake is a dry lake bed in the northwestern Victor Valley of the central Mojave Desert, within San Bernardino County, California.
The lake is located about 9 miles (14 km) west-northwest of the town of Adelanto and 10 mi (16 km) north of Highway 18 in San Bernardino County.
The dry lake, at an elevation of 2,840 ft (870 m), is approximately 6 mi (9.7 km) long.