Big Stone Lake

Big Stone Lake
Íŋyaŋ Tháŋka Bdé
Big Stone Lake from Ortonville's Lakeside Park, September 2013
Big Stone Lake is located in Minnesota
Big Stone Lake
Big Stone Lake
LocationBig Stone County, Minnesota / Roberts County and Grant County, South Dakota
Coordinates45°24′28″N 96°37′04″W / 45.40778°N 96.61778°W / 45.40778; -96.61778
Typereservoir
Primary inflowsLittle Minnesota River
Primary outflowsMinnesota River
Basin countriesUnited States
Max. length26 mi (42 km)
Surface area12,610 acres (5,100 ha)
Max. depth16 ft (4.9 m)[1]
SettlementsOrtonville MN, Big Stone City SD, Browns Valley MN

Big Stone Lake (Dakota: Íŋyaŋ Tháŋka Bdé[2]) is a long, narrow freshwater lake and reservoir on the border between western Minnesota and northeastern South Dakota in the United States.

  1. ^ "Lake Information Report – Big Stone". Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved September 10, 2009.
  2. ^ Bright, William (2004). Native American Placenames of the United States. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. p. 64. ISBN 080613576X. Retrieved March 10, 2024 – via Internet Archive.

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