Two major: Negit Island and Paoha Island; numerous minor outcroppings (including tufa rock formations). The lake's water level is notably variable.
References
U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mono Lake
Mono Lake (/ˈmoʊnoʊ/MOH-noh) is a saline soda lake in Mono County, California, formed at least 760,000 years ago as a terminal lake in an endorheic basin. The lack of an outlet causes high levels of salts to accumulate in the lake which make its water alkaline.[2]
The desert lake has an unusually productive ecosystem based on brine shrimp, which thrive in its waters, and provides critical habitat for two million annual migratory birds that feed on the shrimp and alkali flies (Ephydra hians).[3][4] Historically, the native Kutzadika'a people ate the alkali flies' pupae, which live in the shallow waters around the edge of the lake.[5]
When the city of Los Angeles diverted water from the freshwater streams flowing into the lake, it lowered the lake level, which imperiled the migratory birds. The Mono Lake Committee formed in response and won a legal battle that forced Los Angeles to partially replenish the lake level.[6]
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^"Water Chemistry". Mono Lake Committee. January 14, 2021. Archived from the original on March 28, 2024. Retrieved May 29, 2023.
^"Birds of the Basin: the Migratory Millions of Mono". Mono Lake Committee. Archived from the original on August 31, 2013. Retrieved December 2, 2010.
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^Hart, John (1996). Storm Over Mono: The Mono Lake Battle and the California Water Future. University of California Press.
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