What is "blue lake"

Blue Lake is a large geothermal pond located about south of Wendover, Utah at . The lake is 60 feet (18 m) deep, approximately 9 acres in size and at an elevation of 4,300 ft (1,311 m) above sea level. It is located on the Utah Test and Training Range, which is controlled by the United States Air Force, but the lake and its immediate surroundings are publicly accessible wetlands that are managed by the United States Bureau of Land Management (BLM). The BLM permits public access and use but does not permit the erection of permanent structures.

The Blue Lake is a large monomictic crater lake located in a dormant volcanic maar associated with the Mount Gambier maar complex. The lake is situated near in the Limestone Coast region of South Australia and is one of four crater lakes on Mount Gambier maar. Of the four lakes, only two remain, as the other two (Leg of Mutton and Brown) have dried up over the past 30 to 40 years as the water table has dropped.

Conflicting dates have been estimated for its last eruption, of 4,300 years ago, of 28,000 years ago, and, most recently, a little before 6,000 years ago. If the youngest date is correct, this could be the most recent volcanic eruption on the Australian mainland.

Blue Lake is thought to be of an average depth of , but in places reaches deep. The crater rim measures by , however, the lake itself measures by . The bottom of the lake is below the level of the main street of the nearby town. The Blue Lake supplies the town with drinking water, providing approximately per year from its store.

Blue Lake may refer to:

Blue Lake ( Tlingit: Gajook Héen Yik.áayi) is a long reservoir located east of the town of Sitka, on the west side of Baranof Island, in the Alexander Archipelago of Southeast Alaska.

Blue Lake is a small lake adjacent to the town of Saint Bathans in Central Otago, New Zealand. The lake is man-made, the result of sluicing operations that began in 1873 when John Ewing (1844–1922) formed the St.Bathans Channel Company, to mine the Kildare Hill Gold Claim in St Bathans. His company constructed a tailings channel and introduced hydraulic elevating to work the claim. As this work progressed the Kildare Hill Claim became the site of the deepest hydraulic elevating operation in the world, that would turn a 120-metre hill into a 68-metre hole. Work stopped in 1902 when there was insufficient fall in the tailings channel to carry away the tailings. By 1905 John Ewing was bankrupt as a result of poor investments in other locations. The Kildare Hill Claim was then taken up by the Scandinavian Water Race Company in that year. This company restarted operations and worked the claim until 1932, when it was finally abandoned due to the fear of undermining the town of St Bathans. Natural drainage from the surrounding hills filled the hole with water and created the present day lake. The Blue Lake is a key feature of modern-day St. Bathans and is used for swimming, fishing, bodyboarding, and kayaking.

Rotomairewhenua / Blue Lake is a small lake in Nelson Lakes National Park, in the northern reaches of New Zealand's Southern Alps. Sacred to local Māori, it has the clearest natural fresh water in the world.

Blue Lake is a small lake at the foot of the Tasman Glacier in inland Canterbury, in the central South Island of New Zealand. Its outflow is the Tasman River, part of the Waitaki River system.

Category:Lakes of Canterbury, New Zealand

Blue Lake is the name of one of two tiny crater lakes on Raoul Island in New Zealand's Kermadec Islands, the other being Green Lake. It covers an area of about 0.5 km².

Category:Geography of the Kermadec Islands Category:Lakes of New Zealand Category:Crater lakes

The Blue Lake is one of only four cirque lakes found in mainland Australia, the other three, Cootapatamba, Albina, and Club are shallower than BL and are held entirely by terminal moraines. Its valley contains the best-developed glacial features in the Kosciuszko National Park alpine area of New South Wales. It was recognised as a wetland of international importance on 17 March 1996 when a area, comprising the lake and its surrounds, including nearby Hedley Tarn, was designated Ramsar Site 800 under the Ramsar Convention on wetlands.

Blue Lake is a live album by jazz/world musician Don Cherry recorded in 1971 and first released on the BYG label in Japan in 1974.

Blue Lake is a lake in Madera County, California, in the United States.

The name is likely descriptive.

Blue Lake is a lake in Hubbard County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota.

Blue Lake was so named on account of the blueish tint of its waters.

Blue Lake is a lake with a marshy shoreline that is located in southern Alger County, Michigan in the middle of the Hiawatha National Forest. It is located about a mile north of the intersection of Federal Forest Highway 13 and Delta County Road 440 and just north of the county line with Delta County and just west of the county line with Schoolcraft County. The only lodging on the lake and for several miles are the cabins of the Hiawatha Resort situated near the Midway General Store.

Some of the wildlife living near the lake include beaver, otter, mink, sandhill cranes, muskrat, geese, herons, and ducks. The national forest offers many game animals including black bear, white-tailed deer, woodcock, and grouse. Other nearby lakes include Hugaboom Lake, Mowe Lake, Corner-Straits Chain of lakes, Ironjaw Lake, and Round Lake.

Blue Lake ( or Plavo jezero) is a karst lake located near Imotski in southern Croatia. Like the nearby Red Lake, it lies in a deep sinkhole possibly formed by the collapse of an enormous underground cave. The total depth from the upper rim is around 220 meters, while water depth varies with season. In spring, when the snow from surrounding mountains melts, it can reach 90 m, and in 1914 it reached 114 m, overflowing the southern rim. The lake is a popular destination for hiking and sight-seeing.

Maximum dimensions of the lake are around 800×500 m, but they significantly vary due to big changes in the water level. At the end of the summer the lake may completely disappear.

In 1907 a road was built descending to the lake. In 1942, an earthquake caused a large landfall resulting in reduction of the lake's depth.

Blue Lake, an almost-round lake, has a surface area of . This lake is south of Sebring, Florida, and inside the southeast part of Highlands Hammock State Park. The area immediately surrounding it is rural, but there are housing developments scattered through the area in which the lake is located. .

Blue Lake provides public access along its entire shore. The public is allowed to access Highlands Hammock State Park and therefore Blue Lake daily from dawn to dusk. There are no boat ramps or swimming areas along the lake shore, but it can be fished from the shore. There is no information about the types of fish in this lake. A parking area and four shelter houses with picnic tables are on the northwest side of Blue Lake.

Sometimes this lake is confused with another Blue Lake, which is located just north of Lake Placid, Florida, further south and also in Highlands County.

There are at least 27 features in the U.S. state of Oregon currently or formerly named Blue Lake:

name

type

elevation

coordinate

USGS Map

GNIS ID

Blue Lake (Wallowa County, Oregon)

Lake

Eagle Cap

Blue Lake (Slide Lakes, Lake County, Oregon)

Lake

Slide Mountain

Blue Lake (Gearhart Wilderness, Lake County, Oregon)

Lake

Lee Thomas Crossing

Blue Lake Camas Prairie Trail

Trail

Boulder Lake

Blue Lake (Wasco County, Oregon)

Lake

Boulder Lake

Blue Lake Resort (Oregon)

Locale

Three Fingered Jack

Blue Lake (Jefferson County, Oregon)

Lake

Three Fingered Jack

Blue Lake (Multnomah County, Oregon)

Lake

Bull Run Lake

Blue Lake Trail (Linn County, Oregon)

Trail

Marion Lake

Blue Lake (Linn County, Oregon)

Lake

Marion Lake

Crater Lake

Lake

Crater Lake East

Blue Lake (Lane County, Oregon)

Lake

Diamond Peak

South Blue Lake Group

Lake

Rustler Peak

Blue Lake (Klamath County, Oregon)

Lake

Rustler Peak

Blue Lake Camp

Locale

Rustler Peak

Blue Canyon Lake

Lake

Rustler Peak

North Blue Lake Group

Lake

Rustler Peak

Blue River Lake (Lane County, Oregon)

Reservoir

Blue River

Blue Lake Regional Park

Park

Camas

Blue Lake (Multnomah County, Oregon)

Lake

Camas

Blue Gill Lake (Marion County, Oregon)

Reservoir

Salem East

Blue Lake Slough (Benton County, Oregon)

Stream

Harrisburg

Blue Lake Logging Company

historical locale

Cochran

Blue Lake Lookout

Locale

Cochran

Blue Lake (Tillamook County, Oregon)

Lake

Rogers Peak

Blue Lake Guard Station

Locale

Rogers Peak

Rogers Peak

Summit

Rogers Peak