Here are the 237 lakes we have listed - compared by Deepest. Suggest a new lake.
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Lake Baikal
(Irkutsk) |
5,314 | Russia's national treasure, Lake Baikal, is the world's deepest lake and the world's largest freshwater lake measured by water volume. Its bottom is 4,215 feet below sea level, and it contains about 1/5 of Earth's unfrozen surface freshwater. Also known as the "Pearl of Siberia", the "Blue Eye of Siberia", ... |
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Crater Lake
(Oregon) |
1,943 | Crater Lake is on the crest of the Cascade Range in southern Oregon, about 100 miles from the ocean, and is the centerpiece of Crater Lake National Park. Crater Lake's gorgeous deep blue water highlights its amazing depth of 1943 feet - the deepest lake in the United States and seventh deepest in the ... |
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Lake Tahoe
(California, Nevada) |
1,645 | Tucked into the Sierra Nevada Mountains and straddling the California-Nevada state line, Lake Tahoe is one of the most famous lakes in the United States. It's the second deepest lake in the country (only Crater Lake in Oregon is deeper), and was home to the area's 1960 Squaw Valley Winter Olympics. ... |
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Lake Chelan
(Washington) |
1,486 | From the Salish Indian word for "deep notch", Lake Chelan is the third deepest lake in the United States with a maximum depth of almost 1500 feet. Lake Chelan is long and narrow, stretching more than 50 miles in length with an average width of one mile. This east-central Washington lake is a beautiful ... |
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Lake Como
(Lombardy) |
1,345 | One of the most recognizable and visited European lakes, Lake Como -- also known as the Lago di Como -- snuggles into the mountains and valleys of the Lombardy region of Italy. With over 36,000 acres and almost 1,350 feet deep, it is the third largest lake in Italy and one of the deepest lakes in Europe. ... |
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Lake Superior
(Ontario, Great Lakes, Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin) |
1,332 | Lake Superior is the largest, deepest, coldest, cleanest, least developed, and most pristine of all the Great Lakes. Lake Superior is the world's largest freshwater lake measured by surface area -- and the world's fourth largest measured by volume. Its lowest depth, 1,333 feet beneath its surface ... |
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Lake Pend Oreille
(Idaho) |
1,152 | Located in Idaho's northern panhandle, Lake Pend Oreille is the state's deepest and largest natural lake. A scenic glacial lake, its surface was enlarged when the US Army Corps of Engineers dammed the Pend Oreille River in 1955, to control flooding and to produce hydroelectric power. The dam was built ... |
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Lake Geneva
(Rhone-Alpes, Geneve) |
1,017 | Shaped like a crescent moon, Lake Geneva is cradled in the Alps Mountain Range with two-thirds of its 104 shoreline miles in Switzerland and the other third in France. Flanked by the majestic Matterhorn, possibly the most famous peak in the Alps, the largest freshwater lake in Western Europe is postcard-picturesque. ... |
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Lake Michigan
(Great Lakes, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin) |
923 | As the only Great Lake nestled completely within the boundaries of the United States, Lake Michigan is the pride and joy of Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan. The lake boasts a huge area of 22,400 square miles, making it the largest freshwater lake (by surface area) in the world to be contained ... |
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Lake Iliamna
(Alaska) |
900 | Iliamna Lake, also known as Lake Iliamna, is the largest lake in Alaska and the second largest lake contained wholly within the United States (after Lake Michigan). This glacial lake in southwest Alaska is often referred to as an inland sea, stretching out about 80 miles long, 25 miles wide, and covering ... |