List of deepest lakes

The list of deepest lakes includes the lakes on earth with a proven depth of over 400 m from the lake surface.

Lakes by depth

rank	Surname	country	Depth (m)	⌀ depth (m)	Area (km²)
1.	Baikal lake	Russia	1642	758	31,722
2.	Lake Tanganyika	Tanzania , Congo, DR , Burundi , Zambia	1470	570	32,893
3.	Caspian Sea	Iran , Russia , Turkmenistan , Kazakhstan , Azerbaijan	1023	184	386,400
4th	Lake Vostok	- Antarctica	~ 1,000	344	15,690
5.	Lago O'Higgins / San Martín	Chile , Argentina	836		1013
6th	Lake Malawi	Mozambique , Malawi , Tanzania	704	292	29,600
7th	Issyk Kul	Kyrgyzstan	668	270	6236
8th.	Great slave lake	Canada	614	41	27,048
9.	Crater Lake	United States	594	350	53
10.	Lake Matano	Indonesia	590	240	164
11.	Lake General Carrera / Buenos Aires	Chile , Argentina	590		1850
12.	Hornindalsvatnet	Norway	514	237	50
13.	Quesnel Lake	Canada	506	157	266
14th	Lake Toba	Indonesia	505	216	1103
15th	Saressee	Tajikistan	505	202	80
16.	Lake Tahoe	United States	501	304	496
17th	Lake Argentino	Argentina	500	150	1415
18th	Kiwu Lake	Congo, DR , Rwanda	480	237	2401
19th	Grand Lake	Canada	475		497
20th	Salvatnet	Norway	464	154	45
21st	Adams Lake	Canada	464	299	137
22nd	Lake Hauroko	New Zealand	463		63
23.	Nahuel Huapi	Argentina	460	157	531
24.	Lake Cochrane / Pueyrredón	Chile , Argentina	460		325
25th	Tinnsjå	Norway	460	190	51
26th	Lake Chelan	United States	453	144	135
27.	Lake Van	Turkey	451	164	3522
28.	Danau Poso	Indonesia	450		323
29	Mjøsa	Norway	449	155	365
30th	Lake Fagnano / Kami	Argentina , Chile	449		645
31.	Big Bear Lake	Canada	446	72	31,153
32.	Lake Manapouri	New Zealand	444		142
33.	Lake Como	Italy	425	161	146
34.	Lake Te Anau	New Zealand	425		344
35.	Tazawa lake	Japan	423	280	26th
36.	Lake Wakatipu	New Zealand	420	230	290
37.	Lake Superior	Canada , United States	406	147	82,100

Web links

• Deepest Lakes , listed on worldlakes.org
• 10 Deepest Lakes on Earth (with photos), Environmental Graffiti, June 3, 2008 (archived)
• Dow, McCormack, Cook: What Lies Beneath Antarctica's Ice? Lakes, Life and the Grandest of Canyons , The Conversation; July 17, 2016 (for Antarctic Lakes)

Footnotes

For sources on the depths of the individual lakes, see the respective individual articles.

1. ↑ The Caspian Sea is an inland sea and is therefore not included in some lists.
2. ↑ Lake Vostok is the largest subglacial lake on earth and lies under a layer of ice about two kilometers thick. The depth is an approximate estimate.
3. ↑ Different depth information: 300 m
4. ↑ Different depth information: 204 m
5. ↑ Deviating depth information: 270 m
6. ↑ Deviating depth information: 380 m