Deepest lakes & reservoirs in by maximum depth (ft)
The estimated greatest depth of the water in a lake can be measured at the lake’s normal elevation. If the water volume and surface area of a lake are known, an estimate of the lake’s average depth can be calculated:Water volume ÷ Surface Area = Average Depth
Example: 1,000,000 acre-feet ÷ 20,000 acres = 50 feet average depth.
You can find many of the the world’s deepest lakes on LakeLubbers. If you sort the list, you will find the (maximum depth of) the shallowest lakes in our database. Note: For some lakes, lake depth data is unknown, so this table may display fewer lakes than the total 2151 articles we have published for lakes.
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Below are lakes within Compared by maximum depth in feet. This list does not represent all lakes in , only the 2151 lake articles we have published on the LakeLubbers website.
Lake name  |
Max depth in feet |
Lake description |
|---|---|---|
| Au Train Lake, MI (Michigan, US Midwest Region, USA, Upper Peninsula Region, MI) |
31 ft | Au Train Lake, in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, was of historical significance long before Europeans reached the area. Located only five miles south of… |
| Yellow Lake, WI (Lake Superior Northwoods Region, WI, US Midwest Region, USA, Wisconsin) |
31 ft | Every lake boasts about the size of their fish, but Yellow Lake in Burnett County of northwest Wisconsin doesn’t need to boast. It has the record to p… |
| Pipestem Lake, ND (North Dakota, South Central Region, ND, US Midwest Region, USA) |
30 ft | Pipestem Lake stretches five and a half miles long on Pipestem Creek in south-central North Dakota, just a few miles north of Jamestown. With 840 acre… |
| Blue Hawk Lake (Canada, Ontario, Canada) |
30 ft | Surrounded by beautiful scenery, Blue Hawk Lake is located in the Haliburton Highlands region in Ontario, Canada. The Haliburton Highlands region was… |
| Swiftcurrent Lake (Glacier Country, MT, Montana, US West Region, USA) |
30 ft | When many visitors to Glacier National Park think of lakes in the area, it is often Swiftcurrent Lake that comes to mind. Often photographed, this bea… |
| Seymour Lake (British Columbia, Canada, Canada) |
30 ft | Seymour Lake may not be on everyone’s recreational radar, but this natural lake just outside of the town of Smithers, British Columbia certainly delig… |
| Smith Lake (Central Minnesota, Minnesota, US Midwest Region, USA) |
30 ft | Nestled quietly between Lake Osakis and the City of Alexandria, Smith Lake in Minnesota’s Central Region faces little tourist pressure. Not well known… |
| Coralville Lake (East Central Iowa, Iowa, US Midwest Region, USA) |
30 ft | Also known as Coralville Reservoir Star of east-central Iowa’s recreation opportunities, Coralville Lake has led the pack for the 60 years of its existence. Originally built to control… |
| Lake Jackson FL (Florida, Panhandle East Region, FL, US South Region, USA) |
30 ft | Also known as Jackson Lake Florida has many special lakes, but none is more unique than Lake Jackson in the Panhandle East region. The 4,500-acre lake is remarkable for trophy l… |
| Kents Lakes (Panoramaland Region, UT, US West Region, USA, Utah) |
30 ft | Also known as Kents Lake, Upper Kents Lake, Lower Kents Lake Three popular little lakes in Utah’s Panoramaland Region are the three Kents Lakes: Upper Kents Lake, Lower Kents Lake, and Kents Lake. These small re… |
| Clendening Lake (Northeast Ohio, Ohio, US Midwest Region, USA) |
30 ft | Also known as Clendening Reservoir The call of the wild permeates the area surrounding Clendening Lake. The meandering reservoir stretches over 10 miles along Brushy Creek and is enclos… |
| Tonle Sap (Cambodia) |
30 ft | Also known as Great Lake, Tonle Sap Lake The largest freshwater lake in Southeast Asia, Tonle Sap is far more than ‘just a lake’. It is the lifeblood of northwestern Cambodia and an ecologica… |