Largest lakes & reservoirs in by shoreline length
The length of the exterior shoreline around a lake is measured at the lake’s normal elevation. The shoreline length can be considerably shorter or longer when lake water levels are lower or higher than normal. A lake with many coves has a much longer shoreline than a lake of similar surface area that is nearly circular in shape.When known, the shoreline miles that we report in our statistics include only the lake’s exterior shoreline, and exclude the shorelines of islands located within a lake’s boundaries. In lakes with many islands, those islands’ combined shorelines may exceed a lake’s exterior shoreline.
You can find many of the world’s longest-shoreline lakes on LakeLubbers. Note: For some lakes, "Longest Shorelines" data is unknown or does not apply, 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 longest shoreline length in miles. This list does not represent all lakes in , only the 2151 lake articles we have published on the LakeLubbers website.
Lake name  |
Shoreline length in miles |
Lake description |
|---|---|---|
| Okauchee Lake (Southern Savanna Region, WI, US Midwest Region, USA, Wisconsin) |
13 mi | Okauchee Lake is a 1,187-acre lake located in northern Waukesha County, Wisconsin. One of the larger “Lake Country” lakes, Okauchee Lake’s meandering … |
| Hallstatter See (Austria, Upper Austria, Austria) |
13 mi | Also known as Lake Hallstatter, Lake Hallstatt, Hallstattersee Lake Hallstatter (Hallstatter See or Hallstattersee in German) is one of the best known lakes in Austria’s Salzkammergut resort area. A popular lake f … |
| Fence Lake (Lake Superior Northwoods Region, WI, US Midwest Region, USA, Wisconsin) |
13 mi | Fence Lake is an impressive 3,555-acre lake near the town of Minocqua in Vilas County, Wisconsin. Surrounded by the dense hardwood and pine forests of … |
| Coniston Water (England, England's Northwest Region, United Kingdom) |
13 mi | Also known as Conison Lake, Coniston, Thurston Water, The Lake District Coniston Water is in England’s Lake District, its spectacular landscapes making it an impressive tourist attraction in its own right. However, Conisto … |
| Achensee (Austria, Tyrol, Austria) |
13 mi | Also known as Lake Achensee, Lake Achen, Tyrolean Fjord Often called the Tyrolean Fjord, Achensee is the largest lake in Austria’s western Tyrol province. Lake Achensee lies 30 miles northeast of Innsbruck … |
| Lake Washington, MN (Minnesota, Southern Minnesota, US Midwest Region, USA) |
13 mi | Lake Washington is a uniquely-shaped body of water situated just northeast of the Mankato Regional Airport, in Minnesota’s Southern tourism region. Wh … |
| Lake Seed, GA (Georgia, Northeast Georgia Mountains Region, US South Region, USA) |
13 mi | Also known as Seed Lake, Lake Nacoochee If you’re looking for the perfect spot for a getaway vacation in the Northeast Georgia Mountain region, you need look no farther than Lake Seed. It’s … |
| Lake Maraetai, New Zealand (New Zealand, North Island, NZ, Taupo Region, North Island, NZ) |
13 mi | Also known as Maraetai Reservoir Lake Maraetai in the Taupo Region of New Zealand’s North Island is a little-known vacationer’s dream. The 1013 acre reservoir just 33 miles north of L … |
| Lake Rotoma, New Zealand (New Zealand, North Island, NZ, Rotorua Region, North Island, NZ) |
13 mi | Lake Rotoma is a remarkable lake. The lake is the easternmost in a chain of three lakes northeast of Lake Rotorua. Here in the Rotorua Region of the B … |
| Big Birch Lake, MN (Central Minnesota, Minnesota, US Midwest Region, USA) |
13 mi | Big Birch Lake lies at the heart of Minnesota. With sparkling water spread across Todd and Stearns County lines, Big Birch Lake is at the geographic c … |
| Lake of the Woods, VA (Central Virginia, US South Region, USA, Virginia) |
13 mi | Nestled between Fredericksburg and Culpeper, Virginia, Lake of the Woods is a private residential community consisting of two lakes. Located in Centra … |
| Delavan Lake, WI (Southern Savanna Region, WI, US Midwest Region, USA, Wisconsin) |
13 mi | One of the more popular of Wisconsin lakes is Delavan Lake in the Southern Savanna region. Delavan Lake has had a glorious history: the lake was a fav … |