Dardanelle, Lake
(dahrd-uh-NEL), Yell and Pope cos., NW central
Ark., on the Arkansas R., 3 mi/4.8 km SW of
Russellville, at city limit; c.40 mi/64 km
long; 35°15'N 93°10'W. Max. capacity of 486,200 acre-ft. Big Piney
Creek forms N arm. Formed by Dardanelle Lock and Dam, built (1969) by
the Army Corps of Engineers for navigation and hydroelectric
generation.
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