The World's Deepest Lakes
At 1,943 feet (592 meters), Crater Lake is the deepest lake in the United States and one of the deepest
in the world. The depths were first explored thoroughly in 1886 by a party from the U.S. Geological
Survey. Their primitive sounding device consisted of a lead pipe attached to piano wire. After
lowering it into the water at 168 locations around the lake, they concluded the deepest part to be 1,996
feet (608 meters). This was only 53 feet (16 meters), or less than 3%, off the official depth
measurement recorded with multibeam sidescan sonar in 2000.
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Baikal
Tanganyika
Caspian Sea
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Vostok
O'Higgins-San Martin
Malawi
Issyk-Kul
Great Slave Lake
Crater Lake
Matano
General Carrera
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Tahoe
Location
Russia
Tanzania, Burundi, Congo, Zambia
Iran, Russia, Azerbaijan,
Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan
Antarctica
Chile, Argentina
Mozambique, Tanzania, Malawi
Kyrgyzstan
Canada
U.S.A.
Indonesia
Argentina, Chile
Norway
U.S.A.
Depth
5,369 ft (1,637 m)
4,826 ft (1,471 m)
3,362 ft (1,025 m)
at least 2,950 ft (900 m)
2,742 ft (836 m)
2,316 ft (706 m)
2,192 ft (668 m)
2,015 ft (614 m)
1,943 ft (592 m)
1,936 ft (590 m)
1,923 ft (586 m)
1,686 ft (514 m)
1,644 ft (501 m)
How Deep is Crater Lake?
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Tour Boat. 48 feet long (15 m)
Statue of Liberty, 305 feet (93 m)
New York City, New York
Washington Monument, 555 feet
(169 m)
Washington D.C.
Eiffel Tower, 985 feet (300 m)
Paris, France
Crater Lake is the deepest lake in the United States and one of the deepest in the
world. Imagine stacking the Eiffel Tower, Washington Monument, and Statue of
Liberty on top of each other, then lowering them into Crater Lake at its deepest
point. There would still be 100 feet (30 meters) of water covering Lady Liberty's
torch!
