Lake Maratanza
Lake Maratanza | |
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Lake Maratanza | |
Location | Wawarsing. New York, United States |
Coordinates | 41°40′49″N 74°21′10″W / 41.680156°N 74.352808°WCoordinates: 41°40′49″N 74°21′10″W / 41.680156°N 74.352808°W |
Basin countries | United States |
Surface elevation | 2,245 ft (684 m) |
Lake Maratanza is the highest lake in New York's Shawangunk Ridge at 2,245 feet (684 m) above sea level. It is within Sam's Point Preserve.
The lake is dammed, and supplies drinking water to Ellenville. The outlet brook drains to the other side of the ridge, into the Verkeerder Kill, a tributary of the Shawangunk Kill and by extension the Wallkill River.
See also[]
- List of reservoirs and dams in New York
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Categories:
- Reservoirs in New York (state)
- Shawangunks
- Protected areas of Ulster County, New York
- Reservoirs in Ulster County, New York
- Catskill Mountains, New York geography stubs