salt lake A salt lake or saline lake is a landlocked body of water that has a concentration of salts (typically sodium chloride) and other dissolved minerals significantly higher than most lakes (often defined as at least three grams of salt per liter). I ...

is a lake containing a high concentration of salt. Salt Lake may also refer to:

Places

Landforms

Salt pan (geology) Natural salt pans or salt flats are flat expanses of ground covered with salt and other minerals, usually shining white under the sun. They are found in deserts and are natural formations (unlike salt evaporation ponds, which are artificial). A ...

, desert feature, a dry lake that may become a salty lake in wet weather

Lakes

* North America: ** Salt Lake (Arkansas), in

Clark County Clark County may refer to: *Clark County, Arkansas *Clark County, Idaho *Clark County, Illinois *Clark County, Indiana *Clark County, Kansas *Clark County, Kentucky *Clark County, Missouri *Clark County, Nevada, containing Las Vegas *Clark County, ...

** Salt Lake (Brown County, South Dakota) **

Salt Lake (Minnesota–South Dakota) Salt Lake is a natural lake lying between Minnesota and South Dakota in the United States. Salt Lake received its name due to the naturally occurring salt at the lake shore, a by-product of the alkaline soils which surround the lake. It is the o ...

, (U.S.) bi-state lake, in counties of Lac qui Parle (MN) and Deuel (SD) ** Salt Lake (Campbell County, South Dakota) ** Salt Lake (Florida), a lake in

Pinellas County Pinellas County (, ) is located on the west central coast of the U.S. state of Florida. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 959,107, making it the seventh-most populous county in the state. It is also the most d ...

, Florida, United States **

Little Salt Lake Little Salt Lake (also called Parowan Lake), is a dry lake in east‑central Iron County, Utah, United States. Description The lake has an elevation and is located on the southwestern edge of the Parowan Valley at the eastern foot of the Red ...

, small salt lake in Utah **

Great Salt Lake The Great Salt Lake is the largest saltwater lake in the Western Hemisphere and the eighth-largest terminal lake in the world. It lies in the northern part of the U.S. state of Utah and has a substantial impact upon the local climate, partic ...

, the largest salt lake in the Western Hemisphere, located in northern Utah, U.S. **

Great Salt Lake Desert The Great Salt Lake Desert (colloquially referred to as the West Desert) is a large dry lake in northern Utah, United States, between the Great Salt Lake The Great Salt Lake is the largest saltwater lake in the Western Hemisphere and the ei ...

, a large playa in northern Utah **

Zuñi Salt Lake Zuñi Salt Lake, also Zuni Salt Lake is a rare high desert lake, and a classic maar, located in Catron County, New Mexico, United States, about south of the Zuni Pueblo, New Mexico. Description Zuñi Salt Lake is extremely shallow, with a dep ...

, a rare, high desert lake (a classic maar) south of the Zuni Pueblo, New Mexico ** Salt Lake (Saskatchewan), a lake in Saskatchewan, Canada * Oceania: ** Salt Lake (New Zealand), in the Northland Region * Europe: ** Salt Lake (Poland), a lake in

Pomeranian Voivodeship Pomeranian Voivodeship ( ; ) is a Voivodeships of Poland, voivodeship, or province, in northwestern Poland. The provincial capital is Gdańsk. The voivodeship was established on January 1, 1999, out of the former voivodeships of Gdańsk Voivo ...

Larnaca Salt Lake Larnaca Salt Lake (, ) is a complex network of four salt lakes (3 of them interconnected) of different sizes to the west of the city of Larnaca. The largest is lake ''Aliki'', followed by lake ''Orphani'', lake ''Soros'' and lake ''Spiro''. They f ...

, Cyprus * Asia: **

Lake Tuz Lake Tuz ( meaning 'Salt Lake) is the second largest lake in Turkey with its surface area and one of the largest hypersaline lakes in the world. It is located in the Central Anatolia Region, northeast of Konya, south-southeast of Ankara and ...

, whose Turkish name 'Tuz Gölü' means 'salt lake', found in central Anatolia, Turkey **

Dead Sea The Dead Sea (; or ; ), also known by #Names, other names, is a landlocked salt lake bordered by Jordan to the east, the Israeli-occupied West Bank to the west and Israel to the southwest. It lies in the endorheic basin of the Jordan Rift Valle ...

, west of Jordan, east of Israel, east of Palestinian Authorities **

Sambhar Salt Lake The Sambhar Salt Lake, India's largest inland salt lake, is located in Sambhar Lake Town, Jaipur district of Rajasthan, India, southwest of the city of Jaipur and northeast of Ajmer, Rajasthan. It surrounds the historical Sambhar Lake Town. ...

, India’s largest salt lake, west of Jaipur

Facilities and structures

Salt Lake City International Airport Salt Lake City International Airport is a joint civil-military international airport located about west of Downtown Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. The airport, along with the much smaller Provo Airport (PVU) and Ogden–Hinckley Airpo ...

, an airport in Utah *

Salt Lake Stadium The Salt Lake Stadium, officially known as Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan (VYBK), is a multi-purpose stadium, used mostly for football matches, located in Salt Lake City, Greater Kolkata, with a capacity of 68,000 spectators. Named after S ...

, the world's second largest stadium, formally named ''Yuva Bharati Krirangan'', located in Kolkata, India *

Salt Lake Temple The Salt Lake Temple is a Temple (LDS Church), temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Temple Square in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. At , it is the Comparison of temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Sa ...

, a temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Jurisdictions

* India **

Salt Lake City, Kolkata Bidhannagar (ISO: ''Bidhānanagar''), also known as Salt Lake City, is a city and a municipal corporation of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the headquarters of the Bidhannagar subdivision. It is a part of t ...

, popular nickname for Bidhannagar, Kolkata, India *United States **

Salt Lake, Hawaii Salt Lake is a neighborhood of Honolulu, Hawaii on the island of O‘ahu. The area is also known as Āliamanu after a nearby crater, although Salt Lake itself is in a crater called ''Ālia pa‘akai'' — meaning "salt pond" in the Hawaiia ...

, neighborhood on the island of Oahu ** In Utah: ***

Salt Lake City Salt Lake City, often shortened to Salt Lake or SLC, is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah. It is the county seat of Salt Lake County, the most populous county in the state. The city is the core of the Salt Lake Ci ...

, capital of Utah and county seat of Salt Lake County ***

Salt Lake County, Utah Salt Lake County is located in the U.S. state of Utah. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 1,185,238, making it the most populous county in Utah. Its county seat and largest city is Salt Lake City, the List of capitals in th ...

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Salt Lake Valley Salt Lake Valley is a valley in Salt Lake County, Utah, Salt Lake County in the north-central portion of the U.S. state of Utah. It contains Salt Lake City, Utah, Salt Lake City and many of its suburbs, notably Murray, Utah, Murray, Sandy, Uta ...

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North Salt Lake, Utah North Salt Lake is a city in Davis County, Utah, United States. It is part of the Ogden– Clearfield, Utah Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 16,322 at the 2010 census, which had risen to an estimated 20,948 as of 2019. ...

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South Salt Lake, Utah South Salt Lake is a city in Salt Lake County, Utah and a core inner suburb of Salt Lake City proper, and thus part of the Salt Lake City metropolitan area. The population was 26,777 at the 2020 census. History Jesse Fox Jr. developed the are ...

Salt Lake City sport teams

Real Salt Lake Real Salt Lake (RSL) is an American professional Association football, soccer club based in the Salt Lake City metropolitan area. The club competes in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Western Conference (MLS), Western Conference. Fou ...

, in Major League Soccer *

Salt Lake Bees The Salt Lake Bees are a Minor League Baseball (MiLB) team that plays in the Pacific Coast League (PCL) and are the Triple-A affiliate of the Los Angeles Angels. Based in South Jordan, Utah, the team plays its home games at The Ballpark at Am ...

, in minor league baseball

Other uses

* USS ''Salt Lake City'', two United States Navy vessels