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Top 10 Deepest Lakes in the World

The lakes that plunge the furthest below their surface.

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  • 📏 Ranked by max depth
  • 🔄 Refreshed weekly
  • 📚 Source: Wikidata

  1. Lake Baikal

    Russia

    1,642 m

    No change

  2. Lake Tanganyika

    Tanzania

    1,433 m

    No change

  3. Caspian Sea

    Russia

    1,025 m

    No change
  1. 4Sovetskaya900 mNo change
  2. 5O'Higgins/San Martín LakeChile836 mNo change
  3. 6Lake MalawiTanzania704 mNo change
  4. 7Issyk-KulKyrgyzstan668 mNo change
  5. 8Lake MatanoIndonesia600 mNo change
  6. 9Crater LakeUnited States594 mNo change
  7. 10Lake General Carrera/Buenos AiresChile590 mNo change
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  1. 11Pankrazer StauseeItaly555 mNo change
  2. 12Lake KucherlaRussia548 mNo change
  3. 13HornindalsvatnetNorway514 mNo change
  4. 14Adams LakeCanada500 mNo change
  5. 15TiticacaPeru489 mNo change
  6. 16Lake KivuDemocratic Republic of the Congo485 mNo change
  7. 17SalvatnetNorway464 mNo change
  8. 18Lake HaurokoNew Zealand463 mNo change
  9. 19TinnsjåNorway460 mNo change
  10. 20MjøsaNorway453 mNo change
  11. 21Lake ChelanUnited States453 mNo change
  12. 22Lake PosoIndonesia450 mNo change
  13. 23Great Bear LakeCanada446 mNo change
  14. 24Lake ManapouriNew Zealand444 mNo change
  15. 25Lake SirioItaly435 mNo change
  16. 26Lake WakatipuNew Zealand420 mNo change
  17. 27Colico LakeChile416 mNo change
  18. 28Lake SuperiorCanada406 mNo change
  19. 29Heaven LakePeople's Republic of China384 mNo change
  20. 30FyresvatnetNorway377 mNo change
  21. 31SuldalsvatnetNorway376 mNo change
  22. 32Lake MaggioreItaly372 mNo change
  23. 33Radok Lake362 mNo change
  24. 34Lake Pend OreilleUnited States351 mNo change
  25. 35Llanquihue LakeChile350 mNo change
  26. 36Chapo LakeChile350 mNo change
  27. 37Lake GardaItaly346 mNo change
  28. 38Todos los Santos LakeChile334 mNo change
  29. 39Laguna ChicabalGuatemala331 mNo change
  30. 40Pangong TsoPeople's Republic of China328 mNo change
  31. 41TeletskoyeRussia325 mNo change
  32. 42BandakNorway325 mNo change
  33. 43Sarmiento LakeChile315 mNo change
  34. 44LundevatnetNorway314 mNo change
  35. 45Lake DibawahIndonesia309 mNo change
  36. 46Kurile LakeRussia306 mNo change
  37. 47TotakNorway306 mNo change
  38. 48Iliamna LakeUnited States301 mNo change

How this list is ranked

Maximum depth (P4511) from Wikidata, in metres.

Data from Wikidata, refreshed weekly. Arrows show how each entry moved since the previous update.

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