{{Short description| Lake in the state of California, United States}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Infobox lake | name = Alger Lakes | image = Alger Lakes Ansel Adams Wilderness.jpg | image_caption = | alt = | location = Mono County, California, United States | coords = {{coord|37|42|N|118|51|W|type:waterbody_region:US-CA}} | type = Group of lakes | inflow = | outflow = | catchment = | basin_countries = United States | length = | width = | area = | depth = | max_depth = | volume = | residence_time = | shore = | elevation = | islands = | cities = | reference = }} thumb|Upper Alger lake in 2017The '''Alger Lakes''' are a group of lakes in Mono County, California, in the United States.<ref>{{GNIS|256179}}</ref> The Alger Lakes were named for John Alger of the United States Geological Survey.<ref>{{cite book|last=Browning|first=Peter|title=Yosemite Place Names: The Historic Background of Geographic Names in Yosemite National Park|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N3Rs7E7_J_IC&pg=PA3|year=2005|publisher=Great West Books|isbn=978-0-944220-19-1|page=3}}</ref>

==See also== *List of lakes in California

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Category:Lakes of California Category:Lakes of Mono County, California Category:Lakes of Northern California

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