# Big African Lake

Big African Lake is a lake in [Watersmeet Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-7c0e-723e-8d1e-d0d48eb040bd), [Gogebic County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5833-7328-82d6-2d4e163a2024), [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) (34.1 ha), in the [South Branch Ontonagon River (HUC10 0402010201)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1c24-73fe-927a-f36107e94bea) watershed.

IRI: <https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d218-77e0-accb-73a206ff24a0>

Within: [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) › [Gogebic County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5833-7328-82d6-2d4e163a2024) › [Watersmeet Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-7c0e-723e-8d1e-d0d48eb040bd)

Type: [geo:Feature](http://www.opengis.net/ont/geosparql#Feature), [schema:LakeBodyOfWater](https://schema.org/LakeBodyOfWater), [schema:Place](https://schema.org/Place)

Location: 46.25041, -89.39688 (box -89.40207, 46.24412, -89.39200, 46.25491; west, south, east, north)

- `adms:identifier`: [gnis 1619182](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d219-71fc-a888-4dddc937508e)
- `dcterms:type`: [lake](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/vocab/geo/gnisLake)
- `geo:hasDefaultGeometry`: [shape of Big African Lake](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-da87-7463-a510-b10f54fa33f1)
- `geo:hasGeometry`:
  - [point of Big African Lake](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-0e3a-7235-835f-17f7b1459638)
  - [shape of Big African Lake](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de2c-da87-7463-a510-b10f54fa33f1)
- `geo:hasMetricArea`: 341419.1 (xsd:double)
- **in watershed** (`bcgeo:inWatershed`): [South Branch Ontonagon River (HUC10 0402010201)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1c24-73fe-927a-f36107e94bea)
- `prov:wasDerivedFrom`:
  - [evidence from https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/GeographicNames/DomesticNames/DomesticNames\_MI\_Text.zip](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d218-77e0-accb-73a1c2fae050)
  - [evidence from https://3dhp.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/usgs\_3dhp\_all/FeatureServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de32-62b8-705e-a3e5-94939e060530)
  - [evidence from https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wbd/MapServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1564-72f1-ae8b-722d7dee11e6)
- `schema:containedInPlace`:
  - [Gogebic County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5833-7328-82d6-2d4e163a2024)
  - [Watersmeet Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-7c0e-723e-8d1e-d0d48eb040bd)
- `skos:altLabel`: Record Lake
- `skos:prefLabel`: Big African Lake

## Elsewhere

- [Wikidata Q88276661](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q88276661) (proposed match (exactMatch))
- [USGS GNIS 1619182](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/1619182) (gnis)
- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=46.25041&mlon=-89.39688#map=14/46.25041/-89.39688) (46.25041, -89.39688)
- [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=46.25041,-89.39688)
- [Source](https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/GeographicNames/DomesticNames/DomesticNames_MI_Text.zip) (prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com)
- [Source](https://3dhp.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/usgs_3dhp_all/FeatureServer) (3dhp.nationalmap.gov)
- [Source](https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wbd/MapServer) (hydro.nationalmap.gov)

## Pointing here

- Mappings (1; `owl:annotatedSource`):
  - [exactMatch http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q88276661 (proposed)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddff-7837-737c-b9c2-53c14daea8b2)

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Cite as: Big African Lake. bc-ontology, release 0.1.0-rc15, 2026-09-28. https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ddfe-d218-77e0-accb-73a206ff24a0
Release 0.1.0-rc15, graph hash 90961d0d6b29954f5f0257ebc2d1d12c6ce580def6a2f45cbf04d248aa879e72.