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Lake Superior is the largest freshwater lake in the world by surface area [a] and the third-largest freshwater lake by volume, [12] holding 13% of the fresh water in all of the world's rivers and lakes.
The area given is the normal or average area of the lake. The area of some lakes fluctuates substantially. For those lakes partially in Canada or Mexico the area given for the lake is the total area, not just the part of the lake in the United States. Of the top 100 lakes, 55 are man-made and 45 are natural.
Aral Sea, formerly the third largest lake in the world, with an area of 68,000 km 2 (26,300 sq mi) Lake Chad, formerly the eleventh largest lake in the world, with an area of 26,000 km 2 (10,000 sq mi) Lake Urmia, formerly with an area of 5,200 km 2 (2,000 sq mi), but down to a tenth that size in 2017. It has since increased in area under a ...
The Lake Superior shipwreck coast from Grand Marais, Michigan, to Whitefish Point became known as the "Graveyard of the Great Lakes". More vessels have been lost in the Whitefish Point area than any other part of Lake Superior. [116] The Whitefish Point Underwater Preserve serves as an underwater museum to protect the many shipwrecks in this area.
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.
The Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum at Whitefish Point is home to the oldest operating lighthouse on Lake Superior. ... a ship that was known to disappear in some area of the lake during a certain ...
Isle Royale is a 134,000-acre (54,200-hectare) island situated in far western Lake Superior between Grand Marais, Minnesota, and Thunder Bay, Canada. Researchers typically conduct aerial surveys ...
The park's northern boundary lies adjacent to the Canadian Lake Superior National Marine Conservation Area along the international border. With 25,894 visits in 2021, it is the seventh least-visited National Park in the United States. [5]