Ivanpah Lake
Ivanpah Lake is a dry lake bed in the Mojave Desert of San Bernardino County, California on the border of California and Nevada. Nestled in the Ivanpah Valley near Primm on Interstate 15, the 13-square-mile (34 km2) lake is almost entirely within California. At the north edge of the lake lie the Nevada Welcome Center (closed) and a California Lottery retailer. It is a popular place for land sailing and kite buggying.
| Ivanpah Lake | |
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The lake filled with water after the heavy rains of 2004–2005 | |
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| Location | Mojave Desert San Bernardino County, California |
| Coordinates | 35.5506°N 115.3959°W |
| Lake type | Endorheic basin |
| Basin countries | United States |
| Max. length | 20 km (12 mi) |
| Max. width | 5 km (3.1 mi) |
| Surface area | 34 km2 (13 sq mi) |
| Shore length1 | 45 km (28 mi) |
| Surface elevation | 795 m (2,608 ft) |
| References | U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Ivanpah Lake |
| 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. | |
On March 26, 2009, the world land speed record for a wind-powered vehicle was set here by the Greenbird, clocked at 126.1 mph (202.9 km/h).
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