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World's deepest lakes by maximum depth.

Contents

The List

By continent

Notes

See also

Sources

The List

Continent colour key Africa Asia Europe North America Oceania South America

	Name	Country	Region	Depth
				meters	feet
1.	Baikal[1]	Russia	Siberia	1,637	5,369
2.	Tanganyika	Tanzania, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi, Zambia	Africa	1,435	4,708
3.	Caspian Sea[2]	Iran, Russia, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan		1,025	3,363
4.	Nyasa (aka Malawi)	Mozambique, Tanzania, Malawi		706	2,316
5.	Issyk Kul	Kyrgyzstan		668	2,192
6.	Great Slave	Canada	Northwest Territories	614	2,015
7.	Crater	United States	Oregon	592	1,943
8.	Matano	Indonesia	Sulawesi	590	1,936
9.	Hornindalsvatnet	Norway	Sogn og Fjordane	514	1,686
10.	Toba	Indonesia	Sumatra	505	1,657
10.	Sarez	Tajikistan		505	1,657
12.	Tahoe	United States	California, Nevada	501	1,644
13.	Argentino	Argentina	Santa Cruz (Patagonia)	500	1,640
14.	Chelan	United States	Washington (state)	489	1,419
15.	Kivu	Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda		480	1,575
16.	Quesnel	Canada	British Columbia	475	1,558
17.	Hauroko	New Zealand	Southland (South Island)	462	1,516
18.	Adams	Canada	British Columbia	457	1,499
19.	Poso	Indonesia	Sulawesi	450	1,476
20.	Mjøsa	Norway		449	1,473

By continent

★ 'Africa' - Tanganyika

★ 'Antarctica' - Vostok^[3] (Subglacial lake)

★ 'Asia' - Baikal

★ 'Australia' - St Clair (200 m.)

★ 'Central America' - Nicaragua

★ 'Europe' - Hornindalsvatnet

★ 'North America' - Great Slave Lake

★ 'Oceania' - Hauroko

★ 'South America' - Argentino

Notes

''Note: Lake depths may vary depending on the sources.''
1. Lake Baikal is the largest freshwater lake by volume.
2. The salty Caspian Sea is considered a lake because it is land-locked.
3. Lake Vostok in Antarctica is a frozen lake with a depth ranging from 400 to 800 meters.

See also

★ List of lakes by area

★ List of lakes by volume

Sources

★ Worldlakes.org, Deepest lakes