List of lakes by depth
Lakes ranked by maximum depth
This list contains all lakes whose maximum depth is reliably known to exceed 400 metres (1,300 ft) Geologically, the Caspian Sea, like the Black and Mediterranean seas, is a remnant of the ancient Tethys Ocean.

List of lakes by depth

Section Title: Lakes ranked by maximum depth
Table Section Text: This list contains all lakes whose maximum depth is reliably known to exceed 400 metres (1,300 ft) Geologically, the Caspian Sea, like the Black and Mediterranean seas, is a remnant of the ancient Tethys Ocean.

Name	Country	Region	Depth (meters)	Depth (feet)

1.	Baikal	Russia	Siberia	1,642	5,387

2.	Tanganyika	Tanzania Democratic Republic of the Congo Burundi Zambia	Central Africa	1,470	4,823

3.	(Caspian Sea)	Iran Russia Turkmenistan Kazakhstan Azerbaijan	1,025	3,363

4.	Vostok	Antarctica	~1,000	~3,300

5.	O'Higgins-San Martín	Chile Argentina	Aysén (Chile), Santa Cruz (Argentina)	836	2,742

6.	Malawi/Nyasa/Niassa	Mozambique Malawi Tanzania	706	2,316

7.	Issyk Kul	Kyrgyzstan	668	2,192

8.	Great Slave	Canada	Northwest Territories	614	2,015

9.	Quesnel	Canada	British Columbia	610	2,001

10.	Crater	United States	Oregon	594	1,949

11.	Matano	Indonesia	Sulawesi	590	1,936

12.	General Carrera-Buenos Aires	Chile Argentina	586	1,923

13.	Hornindalsvatnet	Norway	Sogn og Fjordane	514	1,686

14.	Toba	Indonesia	Sumatra	505	1,657

15.	Sarez	Tajikistan	505	1,657

16.	Tahoe	United States	California, Nevada	501	1,645

17.	Argentino	Argentina	Santa Cruz (Patagonia)	500	1,640

18.	Kivu	Democratic Republic of the Congo Rwanda	480	1,575

19.	Grand	Canada	Newfoundland	475	1,558

20.	Salsvatnet	Norway	Nord-Trøndelag county	464	1,523

21.	Nahuel Huapi	Argentina	Rio Negro, Patagonia	464	1,523

22.	Hauroko	New Zealand	Southland (South Island)	462	1,516

23.	Cochrane / Pueyrredón	Chile Argentina	Aysén (Chile) Santa Cruz (Argentina)	460	1,509

24.	Lake Tinn	Norway	Telemark county	460	1,509

25.	Adams	Canada	British Columbia	457	1,499

26.	Chelan	United States	Washington (state)	453	1,486

27.	Van	Turkey	451	1,480

28.	Poso	Indonesia	Sulawesi	450	1,476

29.	Fagnano	Argentina Chile	Tierra del Fuego	449	1,473

30	Great Bear	Canada	Northwest Territories	446	1,463

31.	Manapouri	New Zealand	Southland (South Island)	444	1,457

32.	Mjøsa	Norway	Hedmark, Oppland and Akershus counties	443.5	1,455

33.	Te Anau	New Zealand	Southland (South Island)	425	1,390

34.	Tazawa	Japan	Akita Prefecture	423	1,387

35.	Wakatipu	New Zealand	South Island	420	1,378

36.	Como	Italy	Lombardy	410	1,345

37.	Superior	Canada United States	Ontario, Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin	406	1,332

Sentence(s)

With a maximum depth of 1,642 m (5,387 ft), Baikal is the deepest lake.

final_sentence: With a maximum depth of 1,642 m (5,387 ft), Baikal is the deepest lake.