Other Noteworthy Lakes.

Lake Salvatnet is Norway's and Europe's second-deepest lake at 464 meters. Lake Salvatnet is a meromictic lake covering a surface area of 44 km² and holding 6.87 km³ of water i.e. its water is permanently stratified, preserving records of the geologic past. The lower layer of the lake is highly saline and as a result denser than the higher levels of water.

Compare Lake Salvatnet with Lake Mjøsa, Norway's largest lake by area

Beautiful view of Lake Salvatnet in the icy winter

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Lake Tinn (Tinnsjå) is Europe's third-deepest lake at 460 meters. The lake spreads over a surface area of 51 km² and its water is found to contain traces of heavy water (deuterium oxide), due to sinking of the ferry SF Hydro during World War 2 (in 1994). SF Hydro was said to contain large quantities of heavy water produced at Vemork, a factory located in Rjukan, and was en route to Germany for purpose of nuclear weapon research.

Compare Lake Tinn of Norway with Loch Ness of Scotland

High view of Lake Tinn (Credit: Arne Martin Güettler/Wikimedia under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license)

Lake Mjøsa is Norway's largest lake. By surface area, Lake Mjøsa covers an area of 362 km², 7 times larger than Hornindalsvatnet Lake, Norway's and Europe's deepest lake. By volume, it holds 56 km³ of water, 4.5 times larger than Hornindalsvatnet Lake. Lake Mjøsa has a maximum depth of 449 meters and contains the island of Helgøya.

Compare Lake Mjøsa with Lake Garda, Italy's largest lake by area.

Photo of the largest and only island Helgøya in Lake Mjøsa. (Credit: Øyvind Holmstad under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license)

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Lake Como is deepest lake in Italy with a maximum depth of 425 meters. Located in Lombardy, it spans a surface of 146 km² and holds a water volume of 22.5 km³. Lake Como is a popular tourist destination, well known for its landscapes, wildlife, and spas.

Compare Lake Como with Hornindalsvatnet Lake - Norway's deepest lake

Photo of the small town of Menaggio, as seen from Lake Como. (Credit: Thunderbirds12345/Wikipedia under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.)

Lake Garda is the largest Lake in Italy, covering a surface area of close to 370 km² and a volume of 50.35 km³, with a maximum depth of 346 meters.

Compare Lake Garda with Lake Maggiore - the largest and second-largest lakes of Italy

Photo of northern part of Lake Garda. (Source: Wikipedia under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported)

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Lake Ladoga of Russia, with a maximum depth of 230m, is the largest lake situated entirely in Europe (with a volume of 908km³), and the 14th largest freshwater lake by area (surface area of 18,130km²) in the world. Ladoga is rich with fish varieties and features its own endemic seal, the Ladoga seal, like its brethren lake Lake Baikal and its endemic Baikal seal.

Compare great Russian lakes - Lake Ladoga with Lake Baikal, the world's deepest lake.

Locations of Lake Ladoga and Lake Onega (source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:NormanEinstein/gallery)

Lake Onega. With a surface area of 9,700km² (245km long and 90km wide) and at a maximum depth of 127m, Lake Onega is the second largest lake in Europe, after Lake Ladoga. The waters of Lake Onega houses close to 1,650 islands, totaling a land area of about 250km², including the largest island Big Klimenetsky (147km²) and the famous Kizhi island, a state preservation area that houses 89 wooden architectural church monuments, including the Kizhi Pogost which is now a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Compare Lake Onega with Lake Ladoga

Aerial view of Kizhi Island, including the Kizhi Pogost in center of photograph (source: Wikipedia, AleksandrBorisov)

Lake Vänern is the largest lake in Sweden and the E.U. with a maximum depth of 106m.It has a surface area of 5,545km² and holds a water capacity of 153km³. The water level of the lake is regulated by the Vargön Hydroelectric Power Station

Compare Lake Vänern with Lake Saimaa of Finland

Satellite view of lake Vänern (source: Copernicus Sentinel-2, ESA, https://scihub.copernicus.eu/dhus/#/home)

There's more to learn about the deepest lakes. Select any of the lists below:

Lake Baikal and the world's deepest lakes

Hornindalsvatnet Lake and Europe's deepest lakes

Great Slave Lake and North America's deepest lakes

O'Higgins-San Martín and South America's deepest lakes

Lake Baikal and Asia's deepest Lakes

Tanganyika Lake and Africa's deepest lakes

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