| Silver Lake | |
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&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Silver_Lake.png) Satellite image of Silver Lake | |
&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:USA_Oregon_relief_location_map.svg)  Silver Lake &sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Usa_edcp_relief_location_map.png) Silver Lake | |
| Location | Lake County, Oregon |
| Coordinates | 43°05′46″N 120°53′17″W / 43.09611°N 120.88806°W[1] |
| Basin countries | United States |
| Surface area | 10,451 acres (4,229 ha)[2] |
| Shore length1 | 22.5 miles (36.2 km)[2] |
| Surface elevation | 4,324 feet (1,318 m)[1] |
| 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. | |
Silver Lake is an intermittent high-desert lake in Lake County, Oregon, United States. It is 6 miles (10 km) east of the community of Silver Lake. It is unknown who first gave the lake its descriptive name. Central Oregon residents attribute it to John C. Frémont, although no proof has been found, and he would not have seen the lake on his first visit to Oregon in 1843.[3] The Klamath called the lake Kalpshi, which may have been derived from the word kalapsh, meaning a decayed log.[3] The name was used because of the petrified wood near the lake.[3]
- ^ a b "Silver Lake". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. November 28, 1980. Retrieved April 15, 2019.
- ^ a b "Silver Lake (Lake)". Atlas of Oregon Lakes. Portland State University. 1985–2019. Retrieved April 15, 2019.
- ^ a b c McArthur, Lewis A.; Lewis L. McArthur (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (Seventh ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 878. ISBN 0-87595-277-1.