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It is! Interestingly, it’s only the fourth deepest lake in Norway. It’s deeper than Lake Superior both in mean and maximum depth. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wi
by antiterra 4y ago
It is! Interestingly, it’s only the fourth deepest lake in Norway. It’s deeper than Lake Superior both in mean and maximum depth.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_lakes_by_depth https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_lakes_by_depth
- lalalandland 4y agoA little off topic: Do anybody know of a list of biggest lake per country?
- trystero 4y agoGood use case for a Wikidata query: https://w.wiki/66oN https://w.wiki/66oN
- fulltimeloser 4y agoThanks, I guess. What a bewildering site that was. Its certainly a very obtuse and hard to use query tool
- moffkalast 4y agoTurns out that the so named lake is in fact not superior by depth.
- gpm 4y agoIf anyone is wondering why it's called that In the 17th century, the first French explorers approached the great inland sea by way of the Ottawa River and Lake Huron; they referred to their discovery as le lac supérieur (the upper lake, i.e. above Lake Huron). Some 17th-century Jesuit missionaries referred to it as Lac Tracy (for Alexandre de Prouville de Tracy).[16] After taking control of the region from the French in the 1760s following their defeat in the French and Indian War, the British anglicized the lake's name to Superior, "on account of its being superior in magnitude to any of the lakes on that vast continent".[17] (wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Superior https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Superior) It is still the largest lake by surface area. While we're at it, Ontario used to be "Upper Canada" (from the POV of the Saint Lawrence river) and Quebec "Lower Canada". I.e. the naming scheme is even somewhat consistent.
- mik1998 4y agoStrictly speaking, the Kaspian Sea is the largest lake by surface area in the world (by almost 300 000km^2). Lake Superior is only the largest freshwater lake.
- cgh 4y agoCool list, thanks. We were camped near Seton Lake this summer as it's somewhat nearby and I had no idea that it's apparently the 24th deepest lake in the world. The things you learn on here.
- davidw 4y agoI live a few hours from Crater Lake, the deepest one in the US. Beautiful spot to visit - just drive south on 97 and take a right when the sign indicates Crater Lake.
- tilt_error 4y agoNo. 24 Lake Tinn is where the German production of heavy water was sunk in an operation during WWII.