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Place Name
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Donner Lake
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Place Status (Type)
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lake
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Location
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Nevada, United States, North America
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Latitude
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unknown
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Longitude
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unknown
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Donner Lake
, glacial lake
(c.3 mi/4.8 km long; elev.
5,939 ft/1,810 m), Nevada (NV) co., E Calif. In
summer and winter resort in the Sierra Nevada,
12 mi/19 km NNW of Tahoe City,
3 mi/4.8 km W of Truckee. Site of Donner
Memorial State Park (Nev.-Placer cos.) in honor of ill-fated
Donner Party, a group of pioneer emigrants who perished at Donner Pass
to W (1846); 352 acres/142 ha N of Donner L. was site of
their first encampment, on historic Emigrant Trail. Tahoe Donner Ski
Area to N.
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