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  2. Lake Superior - Wikipedia

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    Lake Superior's deepest point [4] on the bathymetric map. [1] Lake Superior has a surface area of 31,700 square miles (82,103 km 2), [7] which is approximately the size of South Carolina or Austria. It has a maximum length of 350 statute miles (560 km; 300 nmi) and maximum breadth of 160 statute miles (257 km; 139 nmi). [8]

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  4. List of lakes by depth - Wikipedia

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    Therefore, mean depth figures are not available for many deep lakes in remote locations. [9] The average lake on Earth has the mean depth 41.8 meters (137.14 feet) [9] The Caspian Sea ranks much further down the list on mean depth, as it has a large continental shelf (significantly larger than the oceanic basin that contains its greatest depths).

  5. How deep is Lake Erie? How was it named? Facts about ... - AOL

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    Lake Superior was also named No. 5 in USA TODAY's 2024 10Best Readers’ Choice Awards for the Lake for Swimming. ... A 1656 map called it Karegnondi. ... As for its depth, Lake Huron is 750 feet ...

  6. Stannard Rock Light - Wikipedia

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    The Stannard Rock Reef is located off Keweenaw Peninsula about 24 miles (39 km) south of Manitou Island and 44 miles (71 km) north of Marquette, Michigan. [1] [10] In 1835, Captain Charles C. Stannard of the vessel John Jacob Astor first discovered this underwater mountain that extends for 0.25 miles (0.40 km) with depths as shallow as 4 feet (1.2 m) and averaging 16 feet (4.9 m).

  7. J. Val Klump - Wikipedia

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    Jeffrey Val Klump is an American limnologist.He was the first person to reach the deepest spot in Lake Superior, a depth of 1333 feet (733 feet below sea level), the second lowest point in the United States after Iliamna Lake, on July 30, 1985 while aboard the R/V Seward Johnson with the Johnson Sea Link-II submersible. [1]

  8. Isle Royale National Park - Wikipedia

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    Isle Royale is the least-visited national park in the contiguous United States, [36] due to the winter closing and the distance across Lake Superior to reach the park. The average annual visitation was about 19,000 in the period from 2009 to 2018, with 25,798 visiting in 2018. [ 2 ]

  9. How deep is Lake Erie? How was it named? Facts about ... - AOL

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    Lake Erie is the shallowest of the Great Lakes but bests its cousins in several other ways. Find out more about all the Great Lakes.