Back Big Stone Lake (tubiganan) CEB Big Stone Lake Danish Big Stone Lake German Lago Big Stone Spanish Big Stone aintzira Basque Lac Big Stone French Big Stone Lake (Dakota Południowa) Polish Lago Big Stone Portuguese Big Stone Lake Swedish 比格斯通湖 Chinese
| Big Stone Lake | |
|---|---|
| Íŋyaŋ Tháŋka Bdé | |
 Big Stone Lake from Ortonville's Lakeside Park, September 2013 | |
  Big Stone Lake | |
| Location | Big Stone County, Minnesota / Roberts County and Grant County, South Dakota |
| Coordinates | 45°24′28″N 96°37′04″W / 45.40778°N 96.61778°W |
| Type | reservoir |
| Primary inflows | Little Minnesota River |
| Primary outflows | Minnesota River |
| Basin countries | United States |
| Max. length | 26 mi (42 km) |
| Surface area | 12,610 acres (5,100 ha) |
| Max. depth | 16 ft (4.9 m)[1] |
| Surface elevation | 968 ft (295 m)[2] |
| Settlements | Ortonville MN, Big Stone City SD, Browns Valley MN |
Big Stone Lake (Dakota: Íŋyaŋ Tháŋka Bdé[3]) is a long, narrow freshwater lake and reservoir on the border between western Minnesota and northeastern South Dakota in the United States.
- ^ "Lake Information Report – Big Stone". Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved September 10, 2009.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Big Stone Lake
- ^ Bright, William (2004). Native American Placenames of the United States. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. p. 64. ISBN 080613576X. Retrieved March 10, 2024 – via Internet Archive.