How Big is Lake Superior?
Lake Superior is the largest fresh water lake in the world by surface area and the third largest by volume, only eclipsed in that by Lake Baikal in Siberia and Lake Tanganyika in Africa. It holds 2,800 cubic miles of water, is 1,332 deep at its deepest point, is 350 miles long and 160 miles at its maximum width. Surface area is 31,820 square miles. Its elevation is 600 feet above sea level and its shore length is 2,725 miles, although you only will travel about 1,500 miles on your trip around it.
