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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lake Glenville, NC (Mountains Region, NC, North Carolina, US South Region, USA) |
125 ft | Also known as Thorpe Reservoir, Glenville Lake Nestled among the forests and mountain peaks of southwestern North Carolina lies the highest lake east of the Mississippi, Lake Glenville (aka Thorpe … |
| Seeley Lake, MT (Glacier Country, MT, Montana, US West Region, USA) |
125 ft | Tucked in the Clearwater Valley of western Montana lies a 1,025-acre body of water called Seeley Lake. This glacial lake is considered to be part of a … |
| Belton Lake, TX (Prairies and Lakes Region, TX, Texas, US Southwest Region, USA) |
124 ft | Imposing bluffs stand tall in the Texas wind, as if serenely surveying Belton Lake’s calm, clear waters. An osprey spreads its wings from atop the blu … |
| Claytor Lake, VA (Blue Ridge Highlands, VA, US South Region, USA, Virginia) |
123 ft | Claytor Lake is a 4,475 acre impoundment of the New River in southwestern Virginia’s Blue Ridge Highlands region. Stretching out over 21 miles in Pula … |
| Munsungan Lake (Aroostook County, ME, Maine, US New England Region, USA) |
123 ft | At Munsungan Lake, visitors return to an environment not seen in the past hundred years. Located in the Maine North Woods, a wilderness crisscrossed o … |
| Lake Lappajarvi, Finland (Finland, Western & Inner Finland Region) |
123 ft | Lake Lappajarvi is different from most other lakes in Finland. The depression the lake lies in is actually a meteorite crater! An estimated 73 million … |
| Cass Lake, MI (Michigan, Southeast Michigan, US Midwest Region, USA) |
123 ft | Michigan is fortunate to have many fishing and water sport destination options. Cass Lake, just a 30-mile ride from Detroit, is a popular freshwater l … |
| Toddy Pond (Down East & Acadia Region, ME, Maine, US New England Region, USA) |
122 ft | Toddy Pond is an elongated body of water tucked inside the Downeast and Acadia region of Maine. The lake is known for the spectacular mirror-like refl … |
| Tippecanoe Lake, IN (Indiana, North Indiana, US Midwest Region, USA) |
122 ft | Also known as Lake Tippecanoe Located in northern Indiana, Tippecanoe Lake is the deepest lake in the state. It is part of the Barbee Lakes chain which is made up of seven intercon … |
| Lake Charlevoix, MI (Michigan, Northwest Michigan, US Midwest Region, USA) |
122 ft | Also known as Pine Lake Lake Charlevoix is one of the most famous of northern Michigan lakes primarily because of its popularity among boaters of all types. Originally called … |
| Lake Leelanau, MI (Michigan, Northwest Michigan, US Midwest Region, USA) |
121 ft | Also known as Carp Lake Michigan is a bounty of natural resources – a place where every town is less than two hours from a body of water. Among these bodies of water, Lake Le … |
| Kai Iwi Lakes, New Zealand (New Zealand, North Island, NZ, Northland Region, North Island, NZ) |
121 ft | Also known as Kai-Iwi Lakes About 10,000 years ago, while the Tasman Sea was rising and the islands that would become New Zealand were being reshaped, depressions in the late Ple … |