Shelf Lake

{{Short description|Alpine lake in the state of Idaho}}

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| name = Shelf Lake

| image = Shelf Lake, White Cloud Mountains, Idaho.JPG

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| location = Custer County, Idaho

| coords = {{coord|44.070398|-114.567814|format=dms|type:waterbody_region:US-ID|display=inline,title}}

| type = Glacial

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| outflow = Little Boulder Creek to East Fork Salmon River

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| basin_countries = United States

| length = {{convert|902|ft|abbr=on}}

| width = {{convert|579|ft|abbr=on}}

| area = {{convert|7.8|acres|abbr=on}}

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| elevation = {{convert|8943|ft|abbr=on}}{{GNIS|390279|Shelf Lake}}

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| pushpin_map_alt = Location of Shelf Lake in Idaho, USA.

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Shelf Lake is an alpine lake in Custer County, Idaho, United States, located in the White Cloud Mountains in the Sawtooth National Recreation Area. The lake is named for a distinct rock shelf extending around the south and west shores of the lake.

The lake is accessed from Sawtooth National Forest trail 683.Sawtooth National Forest. “Sawtooth National Forest” [map].1:126,720, 1”=2 miles. Twin Falls, Idaho: Sawtooth National Forest, United States Forest Service, 1998. Shelf Lake is northeast of Merriam Peak and located in the lower section of the Boulder Chain Lakes Basin.