Quake Lake

Summary

Quake Lake is a lake^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of lake entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (92 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Quake Lake is located in Madison County^[3].
• Quake Lake is located in Gallatin County^[4].
• Quake Lake is in the country of United States^[5].
• Quake Lake's image is recorded as Quakelakemontana.jpg^[6].
• Quake Lake's instance of is recorded as lake^[7].
• Quake Lake's instance of is recorded as landslide-dammed lake^[8].
• Quake Lake's inflows is recorded as Madison River^[9].
• Quake Lake's outflows is recorded as Madison River^[10].
• Quake Lake's basin country is recorded as United States^[11].
• Quake Lake's Commons category is recorded as Quake Lake^[12].
• +1959-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Quake Lake^[13].
• Quake Lake's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 793664^[14].
• Quake Lake's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 44.852777777778, 'lon': -111.39166666667}^[15].
• Quake Lake's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/076fbb^[16].
• Quake Lake's has cause is recorded as 1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake^[17].
• Quake Lake's GeoNames ID is recorded as 5649888^[18].
• Quake Lake's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+10'}^[19].
• Quake Lake's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q3710', 'amount': '+6391'}^[20].
• Quake Lake's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1948'}^[21].
• Quake Lake's vertical depth is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+58'}^[22].
• Quake Lake's drainage basin is recorded as Madison River basin^[23].
• Quake Lake's Atlas Obscura place ID is recorded as earthquake-lake^[24].

Body

Geography

Quake Lake is in the country of United States^[5]. Located in include Madison County^[3], a county of Montana^[25], in United States^[26], founded in 1865^[27] and Gallatin County^[4], a county of Montana^[28], in United States^[29], founded in 1864^[30].

Physical Characteristics

Elevations include {'unit': 'Q3710', 'amount': '+6391'}^[20] and {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1948'}^[21]. Quake Lake's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+10'}^[19].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include lake^[7] and landslide-dammed lake^[8].

History and Context

+1959-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Quake Lake^[13].

Why It Matters

Quake Lake ranks in the top 2% of lake entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (92 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[31] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[32]