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The lake’s average depth is 483 feet while its deepest point is 1,333 ft. Lake Superior holds 2,900 cubic miles of water which is enough to cover South and North America to a depth of 12 inches. Jeffrey Val Klump was the first person to reach the deepest point of the lake on July 30, 1985.
(Though Crater Lake is the deepest lake in the United States and deeper than Lake Superior, Crater Lake's elevation is higher and consequently its deepest point is 4,229 feet (1,289 m) above sea level.)
Lake Erie ranks fourth in of the great lakes in size. It is the smallest lake by volume. The lake is the southmost of the five lakes. The lake is also the shallowest of the five lakes with an average depth of 62 feet and a maximum depth of 210 feet.
But did you know that altogether the Great Lakes contain 21% of the world’s surface freshwater by volume—or 84% of the surface freshwater in North America? This bathymetric visualization, created by Alex Varlamov, helps put the sheer size and depth of all five of the Great Lakes into perspective.
In fact, Lake Superior is the deepest, coldest, and largest by surface area and has the most shoreline of any of the Great Lakes. On average, Lake Superior measures around 500 feet deep. For comparison, the closest average depth of the next Great Lake is Lake Ontario, at 282 feet.
The visualization below clearly shows the depths of the Great Lakes. Lake Superior is the largest and deepest of the Great Lakes and ranks as the second largest lake in the world by area. Great Lakes ranked by the average depth.
Maximum depth: 210 feet. Lake Erie comes in at the shallowest of the Great Lakes and the smallest by volume (115.2 cubic miles of water) — but it does hold a third of the total Great Lakes...
So, how deep are the Great Lakes? The depth varies considerably from one lake to another, with Lake Superior not only being the largest but also the deepest lake. Its maximum depth reaches approximately 1,333 feet (406 meters), a staggering measure that contributes to its voluminous size.
The Great Lakes are a chain of deep freshwater lakes in east-central North America comprising the lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario. How were the Great Lakes of North America formed? The present configuration of the Great Lakes basin is the result of the movement of massive glaciers through North America, a process that began ...
Lake Superior is the world’s largest freshwater lake by area (31,700 mi2 /82,100 km2). It is also the coldest and deepest of the Great Lakes, with a maximum depth of 406 meters (1,332 feet). By most measures, it is the healthiest of all the Great Lakes.