Lake Placid (New York)
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| View from the gondola on Whiteface Mountain | ||
| Geographical location | Essex County in New York (USA) | |
| Drain | Brook outlet | |
| Islands | Buck Island , Moose Island | |
| Places on the shore | Lake Placid | |
| Data | ||
| Coordinates | 44 ° 19 ′ 13 ″ N , 73 ° 58 ′ 28 ″ W | |
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| Altitude above sea level | 566 m | |
| surface | 8.8 km² | |
| Middle deep | 15 m | |
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particularities |
flow regulated |
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Lake Placid ( English for "calm lake") is a lake in Essex County in the US state of New York .
Lake Placid is located in the Adirondack Mountains at an altitude of 566 m . Two larger islands centrally located in the lake - Buck Island in the southwest and Moose Island in the northeast - divide it into an eastern and a western part. The 8.8 km lake is runoff regulated. The northern part of the town of the same name, Lake Placid , which was named after the lake, is located on its south bank. In a bay north of the town of Lake Placid, Outlet Brook drains the lake. This flows in the center of Lake Placid into the Chubb River , a left tributary of the West Branch Ausable River .
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The lake is also a source of drinking water for the city, which therefore pays great attention to the water quality.
There are also approx. 300 holiday homes on the lakeshore, most of which can only be reached by boat, but which are empty for most of the year. The lake is fed by various mountain springs and streams.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Lake Placid in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey
The lake from Whiteface Mountain
House on Buck Island
Whiteface Mountain from the north end of the lake
House on Buck Island
New and old boathouses
