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Place Name
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Guntersville Lake
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Place Status (Type)
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lake
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Location
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Marion County, Alabama (AL), United States, North America
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Latitude
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34°25'N
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Longitude
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86°23'W
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Guntersville Lake
(
108 sq mi/280 sq km), Marshall
and Jackson cos., NE Ala., on Tennessee R.,
7 mi/11.3 km NW of Guntersville,
75 mi/121 km ESE (upstream) of Wheeler Dam;
82 mi/132 km long,
1 mi/1.6 km-4 mi/6.4 km
wide; 34°25'N 86°23'W. Extends into Marion co., SE Tenn., to
Nickajack Lock and Dam (Nickajack L.); max. capacity 1,018,700 acre-ft.
Formed by Guntersville Lock and Dam, a major TVA dam
(94 ft/29 m high;
3,979 ft/1,213 m long) completed 1939; built
for navigation, flood control, and power generation. U.S. Highway
431/State Highway 1 crosses dam.
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