10 Deepest Lakes on Earth

Yeah, these are all photoshopped.I know because I feel like I need to justify my existence by trying to piss people off.

Great article!

Great post, thanks for the info and the great images!

This article is not true. The "Great Lakes" of the U.S. are deeper, particularly Lake Superior. He forgot all about the great lakes.

This article is not true. The “Great Lakes” of the U.S. are deeper, particularly Lake Superior. He forgot all about the great lakes.

Marsha, I'm afraid you're wrong. Lake superior (the deepest) is shallower than the first item (lake Matano), despite the volume of water it can hold> For more info see here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Lakes

Awesome article! '5,369 feet' => HOLY SHIT

This article is not true. The “Great Lakes” of the U.S. are deeper, particularly Lake Superior. He forgot all about the great lakes.

Just a heads up, the united states does not own them, they are part of north america and are in Canada's borders as well.

Even though Lake Superior is wider, it is not as deep as the ones on this list.

This article is not true. The “Great Lakes” of the U.S. are deeper, particularly Lake Superior. He forgot all about the great lakes.

of the US? no, shared between the US and Canada.

Lake Pend Oreille here in Idaho is 1,150 ft, not as deep as any on the list but still deep enough they used to test submarines in it.

This article is not true. The “Great Lakes” of the U.S. are deeper, particularly Lake Superior. He forgot all about the great lakes.

I disagree - I think the Great Lakes of Canada are at least as deep.

This article is not true. The “Great Lakes” of the U.S. are deeper, particularly Lake Superior. He forgot all about the great lakes.

Ahem, the Great Lakes are North American lakes, not "of the U.S."

This article is not true. The “Great Lakes” of the U.S. are deeper, particularly Lake Superior. He forgot all about the great lakes.

I disagree - I think the Great Lakes of Canada are at least as deep.

I think that they aren't. Whose "think" is right?

Lake Chelan, in WA is 3rd deepest in the US, and 9th deepest in the world, at 1486 feet. If it were drained, its bottom would be 380 feet below sea level.

Do they mean fresh water lakes? Toxilogical tests on the soup that makes up the Great Lakes may put them in s different category.

Very Cool stuff. Thanks for sharing.

What feets are? are you a traveler time from medieval age? put in meters like any modern person.

This article is not true. The “Great Lakes” of the U.S. are deeper, particularly Lake Superior. He forgot all about the great lakes.

Last time I checked they were Canadian

What feets are? are you a traveler time from medieval age? put in meters like any modern person.

Hey Manuel, here in the USA, we use FEET. The metric system sucks. Deal with it.

Great post and pictures. I enjoyed reading about Lake Vostok. The lake under the ice is really cool. I wonder if there are living creatures there?

They are half-and-half actually. The border goes through the middle of all of them, with the only exception being Lake Michigan, which is entirely the U.S.

Sorry Manuel... youre on an American website, so using the standard unit of measurement for the country the article is written in is appropriate. One could as easily critique your poor English and tell you not to post unless you can speak and phrase the language properly. Youre being a troll.

Yeah, these are all photoshopped.I know because I feel like I need to justify my existence by trying to piss people off.

Well done

What feets are? are you a traveler time from medieval age? put in meters like any modern person.

Uh.. if the author of the article is from the U.S. then they will use whatever unit of measurement the country uses. Not whatever pleases you!

Lago de Atitlan, in Guatemala C.A.( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lago_de_Atitl%C3%A1n ) has depths of 1968 ft, because of the a large caldera at the bottom. Which would put it in the 9th spot.

nevermind on my post! sorry! I think that the first paragraph under Geological history states it wrong.

Lago de Atitlan, in Guatemala C.A.( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lago_de_Atitl%C3%A1n ) has depths of 1968 ft, because of the a large caldera at the bottom. Which would put it in the 9th spot.

Sorry, i think i'm wrong! I going to bet that the first paragraph under Geological history is wrong. Sorry again.

This is fascinating! I know of a very small lake in southern Utah, USA. It is only about a hundred feet wide but is well over 1000 feet deep and no one knows exactly how deep. The water is almost completely bereft of free oxygen, and is quite cold even in summer. It is called Hidden Lake and is located about half way between Orderville, Utah, and Glendale, Utah just off Highway 89, between Zion and Bryce Canyon national parks. I haven't heard about any lake monsters, though.

Lake Chelan, in WA is 3rd deepest in the US, and 9th deepest in the world, at 1486 feet. If it were drained, its bottom would be 380 feet below sea level.

Your information are false... Verify your source:
http://www.worldlakes.org/lakeprofiles.asp?anchor=deepest

What feets are? are you a traveler time from medieval age? put in meters like any modern person.

Hey Manuel, here in the USA, we use FEET. The metric system sucks. Deal with it.

90% of the world population use metrics. And for your information, that's not all people in usa who use feet. Ask an engineer or a scientific if he want to use the imperial system when in the range of nanometers,femtometers or anything else like that...

1. Indeed, the Great Lakes are on the border of the US and Canada. They are not in the 10 deepest lakes in the world. You have to live with it.

2. For the unit of measurement, the metric system is now a world standard. This link gives a lot of information:

http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/index.html

As written, the metric system will take over the traditional system. However, this process takes some time. You might not have noticed, but the US official unit of measurement is metric. Still, I do think the traditional system has its place today as it is still used a lot.

have you guys heard of lake taupo in new zealand? its so deep no one has reached the bottom. it was formed by an eruption so huge it could be seen in china.

What feets are? are you a traveler time from medieval age? put in meters like any modern person.

Hey Manuel, here in the USA, we use FEET. The metric system sucks. Deal with it.

What feets are? are you a traveler time from medieval age? put in meters like any modern person.

Hey Manuel, here in the USA, we use FEET. The metric system sucks. Deal with it.

Hey jacka$$, I'm from the US and I absolutely hate the Imperical system and actually use the Metric more (I'm an engineer). I'll use the metric system any day... Maybe you should take a science class (or at least pay attention in one), then you'll see why majority of the world uses the Metric system.

Wikipedia's entry on Lake Taupo says it's 186 metres deep (or 610 feet). Not even close, even allowing for Wikipedia's usual inaccuracy.

have you guys heard of lake taupo in new zealand? its so deep no one has reached the bottom. it was formed by an eruption so huge it could be seen in china.

You might want to check that. Wikipedia disagrees. It says 186 meters deep, and was formed over 25000 years ago.

At OutInLF2 and ManuelMontoya :

Manuel is kind of stupid for not knowing what "feet" are, but you OutInLF2 are even dumber for ignoring the standard unit of measure. I agree, you use the imperial system or something derived from it but that doesn´t mean S***

READ THIS http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mendenhall_Order

kthxbai

What feets are? are you a traveler time from medieval age? put in meters like any modern person.

Hey Manuel, here in the USA, we use FEET. The metric system sucks. Deal with it.

He's right, but the author can write as they please, nonetheless. And no, the metric system does not suck. It is far superior to the nonsensical, randomness that is the imperial system.

well..lake taupo is a huge crater aswell..it's considered one of the few "super" volcanoes in the world..if it errupted life would'nt be possible in nz and around due to the pollution..

have you guys heard of lake taupo in new zealand? its so deep no one has reached the bottom. it was formed by an eruption so huge it could be seen in china.

Just to correct you on a minor detail - Taupo has been proven in 1976 by John Randall and Matahi Whakataka-Brightwell (two Kiwis who also made rock carvings depicting a Maori hero around the lake) to be ONLY 183 metres in max depth.

Still, the Chinese did really record bright sunsets produced from sulphur in 180 AD. Cool enough that okeroa knows more about his/her own country than most others.

Btw, I don't know your gender, so I said his/her. Sry, okeroa! :P

One time in '96 I had the pleasure to visit the south shore of Great Slavey Lake and it seemed like a freaking ocean to me! The boats moored at the docks looked like ocean going vessels to my unpracticed eye. I come from a landlocked province but I've seen and tasted the ocean...so....plus the Slavey didn't call themselves that; just like the Dogrib and Chipweyans it was a derogatory name given to them by European fur traders and the Cree Indians.

Amazing how people argue about the lake depths...
The lake Nyos in Cameroon is only 690 feet deep but it has a dramatic story that could have made it figure in the list ; you can read more about this at neatorama http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/21/the-strangest-disaster-of-the-20th-century/

Great post. Excelent pics

The lake Nyos in Cameroon is only 690 feet deep but it has a dramatic story that could have made it figure in the list;

If it was '10 Strangest Lakes on Earth' and not '10 Deepest Lakes on Earth'.

What about Pitt Lake, in British Columbia....apparently they haven't found the bottom?

Pitt Lake - 142.6m

Hey the lakes are pretty deep...I dont really care about the exact measurments as Im never going to the bottom of any of these lakes. Since Im very bad at any kind of math, I cant figure metric or feet.....so good thing Im not a builder! None of it makes sense to me!! And Im in the US. Go plant a tree everyone!!

What feets are? are you a traveler time from medieval age? put in meters like any modern person.

Hey Manuel, here in the USA, we use FEET. The metric system sucks. Deal with it.

What feets are? are you a traveler time from medieval age? put in meters like any modern person.

Hey Manuel, here in the USA, we use FEET. The metric system sucks. Deal with it.

What feets are? are you a traveler time from medieval age? put in meters like any modern person.

Hey Manuel, here in the USA, we use FEET. The metric system sucks. Deal with it.

metric system sucks !!!! the whole world is using it because its modern. Just coz, USA cant adopt to modern measures .....it sucks !! God help you americans.

jebeno, covjece. posebno vostok.

What feets are? are you a traveler time from medieval age? put in meters like any modern person.

Hey Manuel, here in the USA, we use FEET. The metric system sucks. Deal with it.

So because your brain is too small to comprehend the metric system it sucks? You are just as illogical as the crappy imperial system.
Normal people use the metric system, no wonder everything in the U.S. is large, most of you can't measure in normal sizes. (allmost suprising that surgery isn't done with machetes)

The two African rift valley lakes, among the oldest lakes in the world, are quite fascinating for their massive and diverse fish fauna. Both lakes are so old, the cichlids of these two lakes have all evolved into many different specialized species, all with unique breeding and feeding behaviors. The paedophage (Lake Malawi), for instance, will find a mouth-brooding female with its fry in its mouth, and ram it from below to dislodge the fry! There are sand-dwelling carnivores that build huge breeding hills, rock-dwelling herbivores (mbuna, as the Africans call them in Malawi), and midwater paedophages. The amazing thing about all of these fish is that 99% of them (or more) are cichlids, and only about half of the species have been identified!

Cichlids are very popular aquarium fish too, each with its own personality, and all very colorful.

Lake Tanganyika has a similar array of cichlid fauna, all different from Lake Malawi. Very fascinating to study these two lakes and their fauna as an aquarist and one-time breeder.

The metric system is for fags and foreigners.

The metric system is for fags and foreigners.

You suck.