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Minaret Lake
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Location of Minaret Lake in California, USA.
Location of Minaret Lake in California, USA.
Minaret Lake
Location in California
Location of Minaret Lake in California, USA.
Location of Minaret Lake in California, USA.
Minaret Lake
Location in the United States
Location Ansel Adams Wilderness, Sierra Nevada, Madera County, California, United States
Coordinates 37°39′35″N 119°09′29″W / 37.65972°N 119.15806°W / 37.65972; -119.15806
Primary outflows Minaret Creek
Basin countries United States
Surface elevation 9,800 feet (3,000 m)

Minaret Lake is a lake in the Ritter Range, a subrange of the Sierra Nevada, in California. It is located in extreme northeastern Madera County, within the Ansel Adams Wilderness of the Inyo National Forest.

Minaret Lake is notable for being on the Sierra High Route.

It is near the fatal 2007 airplane crash site of Steve Fossett.

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