Coyote Dry Lake is a
dry lake bed in the
Mojave Desert
The Mojave Desert (; ; ) is a desert in the rain shadow of the southern Sierra Nevada mountains and Transverse Ranges in the Southwestern United States. Named for the Indigenous peoples of the Americas, indigenous Mohave people, it is located pr ...
of
San Bernardino County, California
San Bernardino County ( ), officially the County of San Bernardino and sometimes abbreviated as S.B. County, is a County (United States), county located in the Southern California, southern portion of the U.S. state of California, and is locat ...
, northeast of
Barstow. The lake is approximately by at its widest point.
Coyote Dry Lake lies to the south of
Fort Irwin Military Reservation
Fort Irwin National Training Center (Fort Irwin NTC) is a major training area for the United States military in the Mojave Desert in northern San Bernardino County, California. Fort Irwin is at an average elevation of . It is located northeast ...
and southwest of the
Tiefort Mountains
The Tiefort Mountains are located in the Mojave Desert in San Bernardino County, southeastern California in the United States.
The range is located at the southern end of the Fort Irwin Military Reservation, and is approximately 12 miles long. Th ...
. St. Antony's Monastery is located about to the southeast.
Numerous
meteorite
A meteorite is a rock (geology), rock that originated in outer space and has fallen to the surface of a planet or Natural satellite, moon. When the original object enters the atmosphere, various factors such as friction, pressure, and chemical ...
s have been found on the lake bed.
See also
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List of lakes in California
There are more than 3,000 named lakes, reservoirs, and dry lakes in the U.S. state of California.
Largest lakes
In terms of area covered, the largest lake in California is the Salton Sea, a lake formed in 1905 which is now saline. It occup ...
Notes
References
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External links
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Satellite Photo (Google Maps)
Lakes of the Mojave Desert
Endorheic lakes of California
Salt flats of California
Lakes of San Bernardino County, California
Natural history of the Mojave Desert
Lakes of California
Landforms of San Bernardino County, California
Lakes of Southern California
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