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The deepest point taken from the GLERL website is marked with "×". It's position differs slightly from the position of the area below -400 m in this bathymetric map based on data cited below. According to NGDC information, Lake Superior data are incomplete. The map was created using the Generic Mapping Tools, GMT, version 5.1.1.
The Stannard Rock Reef is located off Keweenaw Peninsula about 24 miles (39 km) south of Manitou Island and 44 miles (71 km) north of Marquette, Michigan. [1] [10] In 1835, Captain Charles C. Stannard of the vessel John Jacob Astor first discovered this underwater mountain that extends for 0.25 miles (0.40 km) with depths as shallow as 4 feet (1.2 m) and averaging 16 feet (4.9 m).
The Grand Sable Dunes today form a five-mile-long sand slope that rises from Lake Superior at a 35° angle. The summits of the tallest dunes are as high as 275 feet (85 m) above lake level. Glacial melt during the last major advance/retreat called the Marquette Readvance created the conditions for the formation of the Grand Sable Banks.
Split Rock Lighthouse State Park encompasses about four miles (6.4 km) of rocky shoreline on Lake Superior with several prominent headlands. Named features of the shore, from southwest to northeast, are the mouth of the Split Rock River, Split Rock Point, Crazy Bay, Corundum Point, the mouth of Split Rock Creek, Day Hill, Little Two Harbors, Stony Point (site of the lighthouse), and Gold Rock ...
BETHEL - Sullivan County will open the beach and resume boat rentals at Lake Superior State Park in Bethel on Saturday morning, the county announced Friday afternoon. The park will open at 9 a.m.
The Independence was a propeller-driven steamboat that was the first steam-driven vessel to run on Lake Superior in October 1845, initiating the era of steam navigation on that lake. During her career, she saw service shipping passengers and supplies to the mining settlements along the south shores of the lake and often returning with copper ...
Lake Superior State Park is a 1,410-acre (5.7 km 2) state park located on Lake Superior, in the town of Bethel in Sullivan County, New York. The park is operated by the Sullivan County Department of Public Works under a long-term license from the Palisades Interstate Park Commission .
Lake Superior National Marine Conservation Area covers roughly 10,000 km 2 (3,861 sq mi) of lakebed, its overlaying freshwater, and associated shoreline on 60 km 2 (23 sq mi) of islands and mainland. [7] The area is home to numerous species including herons, peregrine falcons, and bald eagles.