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Favre Lake

Coordinates: 40°34′22.8″N 115°23′49.2″W / 40.573000°N 115.397000°W / 40.573000; -115.397000
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Favre Lake
Favre Lake is located in Nevada
Favre Lake
Favre Lake
Location in Nevada
Favre Lake is located in the United States
Favre Lake
Favre Lake
Favre Lake (the United States)
LocationElko County, Nevada
Coordinates40°34′22.8″N 115°23′49.2″W / 40.573000°N 115.397000°W / 40.573000; -115.397000
Typetarn
Primary outflowsKleckner Creek
Basin countriesUnited States
Surface area19 acres (7.7 ha)
Max. depth45 ft (14 m)
Surface elevation9,511 ft (2,899 m)

Favre Lake is a glacial tarn in the Ruby Mountains of Elko County, Nevada, United States.[1] It is within the Ruby Mountains Wilderness, which is administered by the Ruby Mountains Ranger District of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest. The lake is located at the head of Kleckner Canyon, at approximately 40°34.4′N 115°23.8′W / 40.5733°N 115.3967°W / 40.5733; -115.3967, and at an elevation of 9,511 feet (2,899 m). It has an area of approximately 19 acres (7.7 hectares), and a depth of up to 45 feet (14 m). It is one of the sources of Kleckner Creek, which after exiting the mountains merges with other streams to form the South Fork of the Humboldt River.

References

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  1. ^ "Favre Lake, Nevada". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.