List of lakes by depth

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These articles lists the world's deepest lakes.

Lakes ranked by maximum depth

This list contains all lakes whose maximum depth is reliably known to exceed 400 metres (1,300 ft)

Geologically, the Caspian Sea, like the Black and Mediterranean seas, is a remnant of the ancient Tethys Ocean. The deepest area is oceanic rather than continental crust. However, it is generally regarded by geographers as a large endorheic salt lake. Of these registered lakes; 10 have a deepest point above the sea level. These are: Issyk-Kul, Crater Lake, Quesnel, Sarez, Toba, Tahoe, Kivu, Nahuel Huapi, Van and Poso.

Continent color key
Africa Antarctica Asia Eurasia Europe North America Oceania South America
Name Country Region Depth Depth2/area
(meters) (feet)
1. Baikal[1]  Russia Southern Siberia: Buryatia and Irkutsk Oblast 1,642 5,387 9.22×10^−6
2. Tanganyika  Tanzania
 Democratic Republic of the Congo
 Burundi
 Zambia 		African Great Lakes 1,470 4,823 8.1×10^−6
3. (Caspian Sea[2])  Kazakhstan
 Turkmenistan
 Azerbaijan
 Russia
 Iran 		Caspian Endorheic basin 1,025 3,363 1.68×10^−6
4. Viedma  Argentina Santa Cruz Province

~900

~2953

N/D
4. Vostok[3]  Antarctica Under the East Antarctic Ice Sheet ~900 ~2953 8.94×10^−6
6. O'Higgins-San Martín[4]  Chile
 Argentina 		Capitán Prat Province (Chile) and Santa Cruz Province (Argentina) 836 2,742 2.63×10^−5
7. Argentino  Argentina Santa Cruz Province

719

2,359

1.33×10^−5

8. Malawi  Malawi
 Mozambique
 Tanzania 		African Great Lakes 706 2,316 4.1×10^−6
9. Issyk Kul  Kyrgyzstan Tien Shan Mountains 668 2,192 8.46×10^−6
10. Great Slave  Canada Northwest Territories 614 2,015 3.72×10^−6
11. Crater[5]  United States Oregon 594 1,949 8.16×10^−5
12. Matano  Indonesia Southern Sulawesi 590 1,936 4.61×10^−5
13. General Carrera-Buenos Aires[6]  Chile
 Argentina 		General Carrera Province (Chile) and Santa Cruz Province (Argentina) 586 1,923 1.36×10^−5
14. Hornindalsvatnet  Norway Vestland 514 1,686 7.2×10^−5
15. Quesnel  Canada British Columbia 511 1,677 3.13×10^−5
16. Sarez  Tajikistan Gorno-Badakhshan 505 1,657 5.66×10^−5
16. Toba  Indonesia Sumatra 505 1,657 1.5×10^−5
18. Tahoe  United States California and Nevada 501 1,645

2.26×10^−5

19. Salvatnet  Norway Trøndelag

482

1,581

6.93×10^−5

20. Kivu  Democratic Republic of the Congo
 Rwanda 		African Great Lakes 480 1,575 9.24×10^−6
21. Grand Lake[7]  Canada Newfoundland

475

1,558

N/D
22. Nahuel Huapi  Argentina Río Negro Province and Neuquén Province 464 1,523 2.02×10^−5
23. Hauroko  New Zealand Southland, South Island 462 1,516 5.82×10^−5
24. Cochrane / Pueyrredón[6]  Chile
 Argentina 		Capitán Prat Province (Chile) and Santa Cruz Province (Argentina) 460 1,509 2.55×10^−5
24. Lake Tinn  Norway Telemark 460 1,509 6.41×10^−5
26. Adams  Canada British Columbia 457 1,499 3.9×10^−5
27. Chelan  United States Washington (state) 453 1,486 3.9×10^−5
27. Mjøsa  Norway Innlandet and Akershus

453

1,486

2.33×10^−5

29. Van[8]  Turkey Eastern Anatolia Region 451 1,480 7.36×10^−6
30. Poso  Indonesia Sulawesi 450 1,476 2.5×10^−5
31. Fagnano  Argentina
 Chile 		Tierra del Fuego 449 1,473 1.77×10^−5
32. Great Bear  Canada Northwest Territories 446 1,463 2.53×10^−6
33. Manapouri  New Zealand Southland, South Island 444 1,457 3.73×10^−5
34. Como  Italy Lombardy 425 1,394 3.52×10^−5
34. Te Anau  New Zealand Southland, South Island 425 1,394 2.29×10^−5
36. Tazawa  Japan Akita Prefecture, Honshu 423 1,387 8.31×10^−5
37. Khantayskoye  Russia Krasnoyarsk Krai

420

1,378

N/D
37. Wakatipu  New Zealand Otago, South Island 420 1,378 2.47×10^−5
39. Grey  Chile Última Esperanza Province

410

1,345

N/D
40. Superior  Canada
 United States 		Ontario (Canada) and Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin (United States) 406 1,332 1.42×10^−6

Lakes ranked by mean depth

Mean depth can be a more useful indicator than maximum depth for many ecological purposes. Unfortunately, accurate mean depth figures are only available for well-studied lakes, as they must be calculated by dividing the lake's volume by its surface area.[9] A reliable volume figure requires a bathymetric survey.[9] Therefore, mean depth figures are not available for many deep lakes in remote locations.[9] The average lake on Earth has the mean depth 41.8 meters (137.14 feet)[9]

The Caspian Sea ranks much further down the list on mean depth, as it has a large continental shelf (significantly larger than the oceanic basin that contains its greatest depths).

Of the 129 registered lakes; 69 are known to be cryptodepressions. These include: Vostok[3][10] (subglacial surface), Concordia (subglacial surface), (Caspian Sea[2]) (subsea surface), Dead Sea (subsea surface) and Jökulsárlón[7] (glacial lagoon estuary). The remaining 60 lakes have got their entire basin above the sea level.

This list contains all lakes whose mean depth is reliably known to exceed 100 metres (328 ft).

Continent colour key
Africa Antarctica Asia Eurasia Europe North America Oceania South America
Name Country Region Depth
(meters) (feet)
1. Baikal[1]  Russia Southern Siberia: Buryatia and Irkutsk Oblast 744.4 2,442
2. Tanganyika  Tanzania
 Democratic Republic of the Congo
 Burundi
 Zambia 		African Great Lakes 570 1,870
3. Vostok[3][10]  Antarctica Under the East Antarctic Ice Sheet 432 1,417
4. General Carrera-Buenos Aires[6]  Chile
 Argentina 		General Carrera Province

(Chile) and Santa Cruz Province (Argentina)

400

1,312

5. Crater[5]  United States Oregon 352.8 1,157
6. Tahoe  United States California and Nevada 307.6 1,009
7. Adams  Canada British Columbia, (Shuswap) 299 981
8. Malawi  Malawi
 Mozambique
 Tanzania 		African Great Lakes 292 958
9. Tazawa  Japan Honshu 280 919
10. Issyk Kul  Kyrgyzstan Tien Shan Mountains 278.4 913
11. Shikotsu  Japan Hokkaido

265.4

871

12. Concordia  Antarctica Antarctic Plateau

250

820

13. Crveno[7]  Croatia Imotski Area

245

804

14. Kivu  Democratic Republic of the Congo
 Rwanda 		African Great Lakes 240 787
14. Matano[7]  Indonesia Sulawesi 240 787
16. Hornindalsvatnet[7]  Norway Vestland 237.6 780
17. Quilotoa  Ecuador Cotopaxi Province

220

722

18. Wakatipu  New Zealand Otago, South Island

217

712

19. Toba[7]  Indonesia Sumatra 216 709
20. Heaven  North Korea
 China 		Ryanggang Province (North Korea) and Jilin Province (China)

213

699

21. (Caspian Sea[2])  Kazakhstan
 Turkmenistan
 Azerbaijan
 Russia
 Iran 		Caspian Endorheic basin

211

692

22. Karakul  Tajikistan Pamir Mountains 210 689
23. Sarez  Tajikistan Gorno-Badakhshan 201.8 662
24. Kurile  Russia Kamchatka Peninsula

195

640

25. Fagnano  Argentina
 Chile 		Tierra del Fuego

193.8

636

26. Lake Tinn[7]  Norway Telemark 190 623
26. Todos los Santos  Chile Llanquihue Province

190

623

28. Dead Sea  Jordan
 Palestine
 Israel 		Middle East

188.4

618

29. Chapo  Chile Llanquihue Province

183.1

601

30. Llanquihue  Chile Llanquihue Province and Osorno Province

182

597

31. Maggiore  Italy
 Switzerland 		Lombardy, Piedmont (Italy) and Ticino (Switzerland)

177.4

582

32. Ranau  Indonesia Sumatra 174 571
32. Teletskoye  Russia Altai Mountains 174 571
34. Brienz  Switzerland Bern

173

568

34. Colico  Chile Cautín Province

173

568

34. Traful  Argentina Neuquén Province

173

568

37. Lundevatnet[7]  Norway Rogaland and Agder

172

564

38. Slocan  Canada British Columbia, (West Kootenay) 171 561
38. Van  Turkey Eastern Anatolia Region

171

561

40. Ilopango  El Salvador San Salvador, La Paz and Cuscatlán

170

558

41. Te Anau  New Zealand Southland, South Island

168.8

554

42. Lácar  Argentina Neuquén Province

167

548

43. Rupanco  Chile Osorno Province

163

535

44. Riñihue  Chile Valdivia Province

162

531

45. Hāwea[7]  New Zealand Otago, South Island

161

528

45. Nimpkish  Canada British Columbia,(Vancouver Island)

161

528

47. Wānaka  New Zealand Otago, South Island

160

525

48. Azure  Canada British Columbia, (Wells Gray) 157.2 516
49. Nahuel Huapi  Argentina Río Negro Province and Neuquén Province

157

515

49. Quesnel  Canada British Columbia, (Likely and Horsefly) 157 515
51. Suldalsvatnet[7]  Norway Rogaland

156

512

52. Argentino  Argentina Santa Cruz Province

155.4

510

53. Del Toro  Chile Última Esperanza Province

155

508

53. Ohrid  North Macedonia
 Albania 		Balkans 155 508
53. Salvatnet[7]  Norway Trøndelag

155

508

56. Atitlán[7]  Guatemala Guatemalan Highlands of the Sierra Madre

154

505

56. Como[11]  Italy Lombardy

154

505

58. Geneva[7]  Switzerland

 France

Vaud, Geneva, Valais (Switzerland) and Haute-Savoie (France) 153.4 503
59. Jökulsárlón[7]  Iceland Vatnajökull National Park

153

502

60. Harrison  Canada British Columbia, (Coast Mountains)

151.4

497

61. Mjøsa  Norway Innlandet and Akershus

150

492

61. Powell  Canada British Columbia, (Sunshine Coast)

150

492

63. Menéndez  Argentina Chubut Province

149.9

492

64. Manapouri  New Zealand Southland, South Island

149

489

64. Singkarak  Indonesia Western Sumatra 149 489
66. Lake Superior  Canada
 United States 		Ontario (Canada) and Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin (United States) 147 482
67. Chelan  United States Washington (state)

144

472

68. Huechulafquen  Argentina Neuquén Province

142

466

68. Pend Oreille  United States Idaho

142

466

70. Anderson  Canada British Columbia, (Lillooet)

140

459

70. Nemrut  Turkey Bitlis Province

140

459

70. Redoubt  United States Alaska, (Baranof Island)

140

459

73. Storsjøen[7]  Norway Innlandet

139

456

74. Khövsgöl  Mongolia Nearby the eastern, Sayan Mountains

138

453

75. Mashū  Japan Hokkaido

137.5

451

76. Lonar  India Deccan Plateau

137

449

76. Ørsdalsvatnet  Norway Rogaland

137

449

78. Garda  Italy Lombardy, Veneto and Trentino

136

446

78. Thun  Switzerland Bern

136

446

80. Ikeda  Japan Kyushu

135

443

80. Yelcho  Chile Palena Province

135

443

82. Lugano  Switzerland
 Italy 		Ticino (Switzerland) and Lombardy (Italy)

134

440

83. Loch Ness[7]  United Kingdom  Scotland, Caledonia 132 433
84. Oppstrynsvatnet[7]  Norway Vestland

131

429

85. Breimsvatnet[7]  Norway Vestland

129

423

86. Mainit  Philippines Mindanao

128

420

87. Panguipulli  Chile Valdivia Province

126

413

88. Great Central  Canada British Columbia, (Vancouver Island) 124 407
88. Iseo  Italy Lombardy

124

407

90. Greve  Chile Última Esperanza Province

123.3

405

91. Ranco  Chile Ranco Province

122

400

91. Timiskaming  Canada Ontario and Quebec

122

400

93. Bandak[7]  Norway Telemark

121

397

93. Maihue  Chile Ranco Province

121

397

95. Fyresvatnet  Norway Telemark

120

394

95. Kanas  China Xinjiang, Altay Prefecture

120

394

95. Towuti  Indonesia Southern Sulawesi

120

394

95. Villarrica  Chile Cautín Province

120

394

99. Garibaldi  Canada British Columbia, (Coast Mountains) 119 390
100. Caburgua  Chile Cautín Province

117

384

100. Toya[7]  Japan Hokkaido

117

384

102. Hauroko  New Zealand Southland, South Island

116.7

383

103. Calafquén  Chile Valdivia Province

115

377

104. Mabel  Canada British Columbia, (Shuswap)

114

374

105. Poteriteri  New Zealand Southland, South Island

113.1

371

106. Mascardi  Argentina Río Negro Province

111

364

106. Puelo  Argentina Chubut Province

111

364

108. Lake Taupō[7]  New Zealand Waikato, North Island

110

360

109. Öskjuvatn[7]  Iceland Highlands of Iceland

109

358

110. Chilko  Canada British Columbia, (Chilcotin)

108

354

111. Murtle  Canada British Columbia, (Wells Gray)

107

351

111. Titicaca  Peru
 Bolivia 		Puno Region (Peru) and La Paz Department (Bolivia) 107 351
113. Tatlayoko  Canada British Columbia, (Chilcotin)

106.4

349

114. Gander  Canada Newfoundland 105.4 346
115. Guinas  Namibia Oshikoto Region, Tsumeb

105

344

115. Kauhakō Crater[12][13]  United States Hawaii, (Molokai) 105 344
115. Maninjau  Indonesia Central Sumatra

105

344

118. Walen  Switzerland St. Gallen and Glarus

104.7

343

119. Lucerne  Switzerland Central Switzerland

104

341

119. Sarmiento  Chile Última Esperanza Province

104

341

121. Rivadavia  Argentina Chubut Province

103.7

340

122. Takla  Canada British Columbia, (Mount Blanchet)

103.1

338

123. Cochrane / Pueyrredón[6]  Chile
 Argentina 		Capitán Prat Province (Chile) and Santa Cruz Province (Argentina)

101.8

334

124. Clearwater[7]  Canada British Columbia, (Wells Gray)

101.6

333

125. Futalaufquen  Argentina Chubut Province

101

331

126. Nueltin[7]  Canada Nunavut and Manitoba

100

328

126. Rara    Nepal Karnali Province

100

328

126. Taal  Philippines Southern Luzon

100

328

126. Viedma  Argentina Santa Cruz Province

100

328

Greatest maximum depth by continent

  • Africa — 1: Tanganyika, 2: Malawi, 3: Kivu
  • Antarctica — 1: Radok (surface lake). — 1: Vostok (subglacial lake),[3] 2: Concordia (subglacial lake), 3: Ellsworth (subglacial lake).
  • Asia — 1: Baikal, 2: Issyk Kul, 3: Matano
  • Eurasia — 1: Baikal, 2: Caspian Sea, 3: Issyk Kul
  • Europe — 1: Hornindalsvatnet, 2: Salvatnet, 3: Lake Tinn
  • North America — 1: Great Slave, 2: Crater, 3: Quesnel
    • Central America — 1: Atitlán, 2: Chicabal, 3: Ilopango
  • Oceania — 1: Hauroko, 2: Manapouri, 3: Te Anau
    • Australia — 1: St Clair
  • South America — 1: Viedma, 2: O'Higgins/San Martín, 3: Argentino

Greatest mean depth by continent

See also

Notes

Note: Lake depths often vary depending on sources. The depths used here are the most reliable figures available in recent sources. See the articles on individual lakes for more details and data sources.

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lake Baikal is also the largest freshwater lake by volume.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 The Caspian Sea is generally regarded by geographers, biologists and limnologists as a huge inland salt lake. However, the Caspian's large size means that for some purposes it is better modeled as a sea. Geologically, the Caspian, Black, and Mediterranean seas are small oceans, remnants of the ancient Tethys. Politically, the distinction between a sea and a lake may affect how the Caspian is treated by international law.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Lake Vostok in Antarctica is a subglacial lake with a depth ranging from 510 to 900 meters.
  4. ↑ *CECS, Depth sounding of Lake O'Higgins/San Martín
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Crater Lake in Oregon has a maximum depth of 594m, based on its USGS benchmark surface elevation of 1883m. The US National Park Service publishes different values (1881m for surface elevation, and 592m for the maximum depth). The technical basis of the values determined by the USGS is documented in closed access Bacon, C. R.; Gardner, J. V.; Mayer, L. A.; Buktenica, M. W.; Dartnell, P.; Ramsey, D. W.; Robinson, J. E. (2002). "Morphology, volcanism, and mass wasting in Crater Lake, Oregon". GSA Bulletin 114 (6): 675–692. doi:10.1130/0016-7606(2002)114<0675:MVAMWI>2.0.CO;2. OCLC 4642976847, 196656627. ISSN 0016-7606. Bibcode: 2002GSAB..114..675B. http://gsabulletin.gsapubs.org/content/114/6/675. Retrieved 2013-07-08. 
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Murdie, Ruth E.; Pugh, David T.; Styles, Peter; Muñoz, Miguel (1999), "Heatflow, Temperature and Bathymetry of Lago General Carrera and Lago Cochrane, Southern Chile", Extended Extracts of the Fourth International Symposium on Andean Geodynamics, Gottingen, Germany 04-06/10/1999, Paris: Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, pp. 539–542, http://horizon.documentation.ird.fr/exl-doc/pleins_textes/divers09-03/010022648.pdf 
  7. ↑ 7.00 7.01 7.02 7.03 7.04 7.05 7.06 7.07 7.08 7.09 7.10 7.11 7.12 7.13 7.14 7.15 7.16 7.17 7.18 7.19 7.20 7.21 7.22 7.23 Walter K. Dodds; Matt R. Whiles (23 September 2010). Freshwater Ecology: Concepts and Environmental Applications of Limnology. Academic Press. pp. 141–142. ISBN 978-0-12-374724-2. https://books.google.com/books?id=Ht4O0Uez3KAC&pg=PA141. Retrieved 22 February 2012. 
  8. ↑ Degens, E.T.; Wong, H.K.; Kempe, S.; Kurtman, F. (June 1984), "A geological study of Lake Van, eastern Turkey", International Journal of Earth Sciences (Springer) 73 (2): 701–734, doi:10.1007/BF01824978, Bibcode: 1984GeoRu..73..701D 
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 Cael, B. B.; Heathcote, A. J.; Seekell, D. A. (2017). "The volume and mean depth of Earth's lakes" (in en). Geophysical Research Letters 44 (1): 209–218. doi:10.1002/2016GL071378. ISSN 1944-8007. Bibcode: 2017GeoRL..44..209C. https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/2016GL071378. Retrieved 2021-09-11. 
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Dow, Christine; McCormack, Felicity; Cook, Sue (July 17, 2016). "What Lies Beneath Antarctica's Ice? Lakes, Life and the Grandest of Canyons". The Conversation. http://theconversation.com/what-lies-beneath-antarcticas-ice-lakes-life-and-the-grandest-of-canyons-61748. 
  11. ↑ Buzzi (1997), Documento dell'Istitutoitaliano di idrobiologia, https://books.google.com/books?id=DdYaAQAAIAAJ&q=profondit%C3%A0+media+lago+di+como&pg=PA94 
  12. ↑ Maciolek, J. A. (April 30, 1982). "Lakes and Lake-like Waters of the Hawaiian Archipelago". FTP server. ftp://ftp.soest.hawaii.edu/thomaski/kauhako/maciolek_opbm1982.pdf. [dead ftp link] (To view documents see Help:FTP)
  13. ↑ Coombs, C. R.; Hawke, B. R.; Wilson, L. (1990), "Terrestrial analogs to lunar sinuous rilles - Kauhako Crater and channel, Kalaupapa, Molokai, and other Hawaiian lava conduit systems", Lunar and Planetary Science Conference Proceedings 20: 195, Bibcode: 1990LPSC...20..195C, http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-iarticle_query?bibcode=1990LPSC...20..195C&db_key=AST&page_ind=2&plate_select=NO&data_type=GIF&type=SCREEN_GIF&classic=YES 

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