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Yellowstone Lake

Largest Lake Above 7000ft in the North America

Lake in Rocky Mountains on Molly Island, Stevenson Island, Peale Island, Dot Island, WY

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Yellowstone Lake with the Teton Range in the background, Jacob W. Frank (NPS) photograph above.

Pieces of ice piled up on the shoreline of Yellowstone Lake in front of cloud veiled Mount Sheridan, A. Falgoust (NPS) photograph above.

A thin layer of ice covers Yellowstone Lake in early winter, A. Falgoust (NPS) photograph above.

Rainbow over Yellowstone Lake, A. Falgoust (NPS) photograph above.

Sunset on Yellowstone Lake, A. Falgoust (NPS) photographs (2) above.

Artistic Representations

Above painting by Henry Wood Elliott (1846-1930), Yellowstone Lake, 1871.

Sandhill Crane Photographs

A pair of sandhill cranes on the shore of Yellowstone Lake, A. Falgoust (NPS) photograph above. Mount Sheridan with the Tetons behind, are the mountains in the distance.

Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout Photographs

Tagging operations for a Yellowstone cutthroat trout at Yellowstone Lake, Jacob W. Frank (NPS) three photographs above.

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Yellowstone Lake is the largest body of water in Yellowstone National Park. The lake is 7,732 feet (2,357 m) above sea level and covers 136 square miles (350 km2) with 110 miles (180 km) of shoreline. While the average depth of the lake is 139 ft (42 m), its greatest depth is at least 390 ft (120 m). Yellowstone Lake is the largest freshwater lake above 7,000 ft (2,100 m) in North America. In winter, ice nearly 3 ft (0.91 m) thick covers much of the lake except where shallow water covers hot springs. The lake freezes over by early December and can remain frozen until late May or early June.