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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 ]
The area given is the normal or average area of the lake. The area of some lakes fluctuates substantially. For those lakes partially in Canada or Mexico the area given for the lake is the total area, not just the part of the lake in the United States. Of the top 100 lakes, 55 are man-made and 45 are natural.
Aral Sea, formerly the third largest lake in the world, with an area of 68,000 km 2 (26,300 sq mi) Lake Chad, formerly the eleventh largest lake in the world, with an area of 26,000 km 2 (10,000 sq mi) Lake Urmia, formerly with an area of 5,200 km 2 (2,000 sq mi), but down to a tenth that size in 2017. It has since increased in area under a ...
32,900 km 2 (12,700 sq mi) 18,750 km 3 (4,500 cu mi) Fresh Superior Canada, United States. North American Great Lakes: 82,100 km 2 (31,700 sq mi) 12,070 km 3 (2,900 cu mi) Fresh Malawi Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania. African Great Lakes: 29,600 km 2 (11,400 sq mi) 8,640 km 3 (2,070 cu mi) Fresh Vostok Antarctica
The Lake Superior shipwreck coast from Grand Marais, Michigan, to Whitefish Point became known as the "Graveyard of the Great Lakes". More vessels have been lost in the Whitefish Point area than any other part of Lake Superior. [117] The Whitefish Point Underwater Preserve serves as an underwater museum to protect the many shipwrecks in this area.
Lake Superior National Marine Conservation Area covers roughly 10,000 km 2 (3,861 sq mi) of lakebed, its overlaying freshwater, and associated shoreline on 60 km 2 (23 sq mi) of islands and mainland. [7] The area is home to numerous species including herons, peregrine falcons, and bald eagles.
The county also includes the waters of Lake Superior between the two, extending to the state's water borders with Ontario and Minnesota. It is thus the largest county in Michigan by total area, at 5,966 square miles (15,450 km 2), of which just 540 square miles (1,400 km 2) is land and 5,426 square miles (14,050 km 2) (91%) is water. [8]
Located in Lake Superior, Isle Royale is the second largest island in the Great Lakes system, after only Manitoulin Island in Lake Huron. At 206.7 square miles (535 km 2), the island of Isle Royale itself is the third largest island in the contiguous United States (after Long Island and Padre Island) and is the fourth largest lake island in the ...