List of lakes named after people
This is a list of lakes named after people. It details the name of the lake or reservoir, its location and eponym.
Former names
- Hitlersee - now Jezioro Turawskie (Lake Turawskie), Poland
- Lake Margherita - now Lake Abaya, Ethiopia - named after Margherita of Savoy, wife of King Umberto I of Italy
- Lake Rudolf - now Lake Turkana, Ethiopia - named after Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria
- Lake Calhoun - now Bde Maka Ska, Minnesota, United States - named after John C. Calhoun, former Vice President of the United States
See also
- List of eponyms
- List of places named after people
References
- Three Hills Rural Community Group (1970). As the years go by... (Volume 1 ed.). Three Hills, Alberta, Canada: D.W. Friesen and Sons Ltd. p. 223.
- "Cass Lake, Michigan, USA".
- "History of the Queen Mary Reservoir - Village Matters". Village Matters. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
- "The Queen Mother Reservoir - some aspects of its design and construction" (PDF). geplus.co.uk. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
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