Lake Pontchartrain

Summary

Lake Pontchartrain is a lake^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.24% of lake entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (973 views/month, #13 of 5,436).^[2]

Key Facts

• Lake Pontchartrain is located in Louisiana^[3].
• Lake Pontchartrain is in the country of United States^[4].
• Lake Pontchartrain's image is recorded as Lake Pontchatrain From Southbound Causeway Entrance.jpg^[5].
• Lake Pontchartrain's instance of is recorded as lake^[6].
• Lake Pontchartrain's instance of is recorded as estuary^[7].
• Lake Pontchartrain's shares border with is recorded as Jefferson Parish^[8].
• Louis II Phélypeaux de Pontchartrain is named after Lake Pontchartrain^[9].
• Lake Pontchartrain's inflows is recorded as Mississippi River^[10].
• Lake Pontchartrain's inflows is recorded as Bayou St. John^[11].
• Lake Pontchartrain's inflows is recorded as Tangipahoa River^[12].
• Lake Pontchartrain's inflows is recorded as Tchefuncte River^[13].
• Lake Pontchartrain's basin country is recorded as United States^[14].
• Lake Pontchartrain's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 315530265^[15].
• Lake Pontchartrain's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85104805^[16].
• Lake Pontchartrain's Commons category is recorded as Lake Pontchartrain^[17].
• Lake Pontchartrain's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 304641^[18].
• Lake Pontchartrain's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 1627974^[19].
• Lake Pontchartrain's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 30.188888888889, 'lon': -90.101388888889}^[20].
• Lake Pontchartrain's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01b9mq^[21].
• Lake Pontchartrain's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Lake Pontchartrain^[22].
• Lake Pontchartrain's U.S. National Archives Identifier is recorded as 10038120^[23].
• Lake Pontchartrain's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0437605^[24].
• Lake Pontchartrain's described by source is recorded as New International Encyclopedia^[25].
• Lake Pontchartrain's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Lake-Pontchartrain^[26].
• Lake Pontchartrain's GeoNames ID is recorded as 4337792^[27].

Body

Geography

Lake Pontchartrain is in the country of United States^[4]. It is located in Louisiana^[3].

Physical Characteristics

Lake Pontchartrain's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+1839'}^[28]. Its length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+64.4'}^[29].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include lake^[6] and estuary^[7].

History and Context

Louis II Phélypeaux de Pontchartrain is named after Lake Pontchartrain^[9].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Lake Pontchartrain include Lake Pontchartrain Causeway^[30], a bascule bridge^[31], in United States^[32], founded in 1956^[33].

Why It Matters

Lake Pontchartrain ranks in the top 0.24% of lake entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (973 views/month, #13 of 5,436).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[34] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[35]

Entities named for it include Lake Pontchartrain Causeway^[30], a bascule bridge^[31], in United States^[32], founded in 1956^[33].