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Manistique Lake, locally called Big Manistique Lake [2] to distinguish it from the other lakes in the Manistique Lakes system, is a 10,130-acre (4,100 ha) lake in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. Approximately 6.5 miles (10.5 km) long and 4 miles (6.4 km) wide, it is one of the largest lakes in the Upper Peninsula.
South Manistique Lake is also known as Whitefish Lake. It has a surface area of approximately 4000 acres. The lake is situated in the northwestern part of Mackinac County in the towns of Portage, Michigan and Newton Township, Michigan. Curtis, Michigan is in between South Manistique and Big Manistique lakes, on the northern shore of South ...
Map of California's interconnected water system, including all eleven reservoirs over 1,000,000 acre-feet (1.2 km 3) as well as selected smaller ones. This is a list of the largest reservoirs, or man-made lakes, in the U.S. state of California.
South Manistique Lake is a 4,001-acre (1,619 ha) lake in Mackinac County, in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. Approximately 4.5 miles (7.2 km) long and 2 miles (3.2 km) wide, it is oriented in a southwest–northeast direction.
Aerial view of the river mouth and harbor at Lake Michigan. The Manistique River (/ m æ n ɪ s t i k / man-iss-TEEK) is a 71.2-mile-long (114.6 km) [2] river in the U.S. state of Michigan that winds southward through the central Upper Peninsula from its headwaters near Lake Superior to its mouth in Lake Michigan.
The FPS-16 radar sits atop Tranquillon Peak overlooking all of Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, including Space Launch Complex-6, and the shoreline. Tranquillon Peak's elevation of 2,126 feet (648 m) is the highest point on Vandenberg AFB. The radar provides data and range safety for missile launches.
Big Lagoon is similar to other coastal features of northern California including Humboldt Bay to the south and Lake Earl to the north; an alluvial plain is surrounded by steep uplands. Hills adjacent to Big Lagoon have been identified as the Franciscan Assemblage along the eastern shore and Pleistocene dune sandstone to the south. [1]
The West Branch Manistique River flows through a large field of clay wetlands, known as the Great Manistique Swamp, for almost its entire length. Its source is a network of perched wetlands near Melstrand in eastern Alger County. The river's watershed is little served by paved roads, as the region is of minimal economic value and has almost ...