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Loon Lake
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Location of Loon Lake in Oregon, USA.
Location of Loon Lake in Oregon, USA.
Loon Lake
Location in Oregon
Location of Loon Lake in Oregon, USA.
Location of Loon Lake in Oregon, USA.
Loon Lake
Location in the United States
Location Douglas County, Oregon
Coordinates 43°35′13″N 123°50′14″W / 43.58694°N 123.83722°W / 43.58694; -123.83722
Type Landslide-dammed lake, oligotrophic
Primary inflows Lake Creek
Primary outflows Mill Creek
Catchment area 89 sq mi (231 km2)
Basin countries United States
Max. length 2 mi (3 km)
Max. width 0.4 mi (0.6 km)
Surface area 294 acres (119 ha)
Average depth 53 ft (16 m)
Max. depth 105 ft (32 m)
Water volume 15,700 acre⋅ft (19,400,000 m3)
Residence time 1 month
Shore length1 6.1 mi (9.8 km)
Surface elevation 392 ft (119 m)
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Loon Lake is a 294-acre (119 ha) lake in Douglas County in the Oregon Coast Range of the United States, 15 miles (24 km) east-southeast of Reedsport, Oregon, at an elevation of 392 feet (119 m). The lake is about 2 miles (3 km) long with a maximum width of about 0.4 miles (0.6 km), and is over 100 feet (30 m) deep in some places.

The lake is "a classic example of a landslide lake", dammed by a slide of sandstone blocks which fell into the Lake Creek valley about 1,400 years ago. The lake was discovered in 1852 and named for the loons found on its waters.

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