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Place Name
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Fort Peck Lake
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Place Status (Type)
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reservoir
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Location
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Phillips County, Montana (MT), United States, North America
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Latitude
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48°00'N
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Longitude
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106°25'W
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Fort Peck Lake
, reservoir, NE Mont., on Missouri R.,
18 mi/29 km SE of Glasgow, forming
Valley-McCone, Garfield-Valley,
Phillips-Garfield, and Petroleum-Phillips co.
borders; c.134 mi/216 km long; 48°00'N
106°25'W. Big Dry Creek forms c.35 mi/56 km
long Dry Arm (S). Formed by Fort Peck Dam, one of the world's largest
earth-filled dams (21,430 ft/6,532 m long,
250 ft/76 m high), built (1940) as part of the
Missouri River Basin Project for irrigation, flood control, and power
generation. Almost entirely surrounded by Charles M. Russell Natl.
Wildlife Refuge, with U L Bend Natl. Wildlife Refuge on inside of sharp
U L Bend, opposite mouth of Musselshell R. Hell Creek State Park at
center of S shore.
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