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Potanipo Pond
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Location	Hillsborough County, New Hampshire
Coordinates	42°44′24″N 71°40′34″W / 42.74000°N 71.67611°W / 42.74000; -71.67611
Primary inflows	North Stream Lancy Brook Talbot Brook
Primary outflows	Nissitissit River
Basin countries	United States
Max. length	0.7 mi (1.1 km)
Max. width	0.5 mi (0.80 km)
Surface area	136 acres (0.55 km2)
Average depth	12 ft (3.7 m)
Max. depth	27 ft (8.2 m)
Surface elevation	264 ft (80 m)
Settlements	Brookline

Potanipo Pond (also known Potanipo Lake or Lake Potanipo) is a 136-acre (55 ha) water body located in Hillsborough County in southern New Hampshire, United States, in the town of Brookline. Potanipo Pond is the source of the Nissitissit River, which flows via the Nashua River into the Merrimack River, and then to the Gulf of Maine.

The lake is classified as a warmwater fishery, with observed species including largemouth bass, chain pickerel, yellow perch, pumpkinseed, and horned pout.