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.
Lake or reservoir |
Location |
Country/Continent |
Eponym |
|---|---|---|---|
Cass Lake |
Michigan |
United States |
Lewis Cass |
Cass Lake |
Minnesota |
United States |
Lewis Cass |
Glenn Cunningham Lake |
Nebraska |
United States |
Glenn C. Cunningham |
Lac Saint-Jean |
Quebec |
Canada |
Jean de Quen |
Lake Albert |
Uganda-Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Albert, Prince Consort |
|
Lake Amadeus |
Northern Territory |
Australia |
Amadeo I of Spain |
Lake Barkley |
Kentucky |
United States |
Alben Barkley |
Lake Brunner |
South Island |
New Zealand |
Thomas Brunner |
Lake Burton |
Georgia |
United States |
Jeremiah Burton |
Lake Calhoun |
Minnesota |
United States |
John C. Calhoun |
Lake Carnegie |
New Jersey |
United States |
Andrew Carnegie |
Lake Champlain |
United States-Canada |
Samuel de Champlain |
|
Lake Pueyrredón/Cochrane |
Chile-Argentina |
Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald (Chile) |
|
Lake Drummond |
Virginia |
United States |
William Drummond |
Lake Edward |
Uganda-Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Edward VII of the United Kingdom |
|
Lake George |
Minnesota |
United States |
George Arbuckle (surveyor) |
Lake George |
New York |
United States |
George II of Great Britain |
Lake George |
Uganda |
George V of the United Kingdom |
|
Lake George |
New South Wales |
Australia |
George III of the United Kingdom |
Lake Buenos Aires/General Carrera |
Chile-Argentina |
José Miguel Carrera (Chile) |
|
Lake Giulietti/Lake Afrera |
Ethiopia |
Giuseppe Maria Giulietti |
|
Lake Gunn |
South Island |
New Zealand |
Davy Gunn, a pioneer of the local tramping tourism industry |
Lake Harriet |
Minnesota |
United States |
Harriet Lovejoy |
Lake Hayes |
South Island |
New Zealand |
D. Hay rather than Captain "Bully" Hayes |
Lake Hoare |
Victoria Land |
Antarctica |
R.A. Hoare, physicist |
Lake Lanier |
Georgia |
United States |
Sidney Lanier |
Lake Lyndon B. Johnson |
Texas |
United States |
Lyndon B. Johnson |
Lake Mahinerangi |
South Island |
New Zealand |
Olive Mahinerangi Barnett, daughter of William Barnett, mayor of Dunedin (1911-1912) |
Lake Maury |
Virginia |
United States |
Matthew Fontaine Maury |
Lake Mead |
Nevada-Arizona |
United States |
Elwood Mead |
Lake Muhlenberg |
Pennsylvania |
United States |
Henry Muhlenberg |
Lake Nasser |
Egypt-Sudan |
Gamal Abdel Nasser |
|
Lake Pat Cleburne |
Texas |
United States |
Patrick Cleburne |
Lake Presidente Ríos |
Chile |
Juan Antonio Ríos Morales |
|
Lake Powell |
Utah-Arizona |
United States |
John Wesley Powell |
Lake Rhoda |
Colorado |
United States |
Rhoda Krasner |
Lake Strom Thurmond |
Georgia-South Carolina |
United States |
Strom Thurmond |
Lake Victoria |
Africa |
Queen Victoria |
|
Nordenskjöld Lake |
Chile |
Otto Nordenskiöld |
|
Lake O'Higgins/San Martín |
Chile-Argentina |
Bernardo O'Higgins (Chile)/José de San Martín (Argentina) |
|
Richard B. Russell Lake |
Georgia-South Carolina |
United States |
Richard Brevard Russell, Jr. |
Theodore Roosevelt Lake |
Arizona |
United States |
Theodore Roosevelt |
Walter F. George Lake |
Alabama-Georgia |
United States |
Walter F. George |
Waughop Lake |
Washington |
United States |
John Wesley Waughop, former superintendent of the State Hospital for the Insane |
Wolfgangsee |
Salzkammergut |
Austria |
Wolfgang of Regensburg |
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
See also
- List of eponyms
- List of places named after people