Science
This is the Blue Eye, the oldest and deepest lake in the world
Also known as The Pearl of Asia, Lake Baikal is much deeper than the Caspian Sea.
We all know that a lake is a large body of water that is separated from the sea, but do we know which is the oldest and deepest lake in the world? It is Lake Baikal, known as the Blue Eye of Siberia and the Pearl of Asia. It is located in southern Siberia, in Russia, and its size is truly spectacular, as it has an area of no less than 12,248 square miles.
Its maximum depth can reach 5,387 feet and estimates of its age are between 25 and 30 million years old. Another surprising fact is its length: 395 miles, approximately the distance between the cities of Cadiz and Madrid, to give you an idea. Its width is 49 miles. It is so large that its contour gives rise to more than 1,200 miles of coastline.
To put its size in perspective, let’s take a look at the famous Loch Ness (Scotland). 755 feet of maximum depth, 23 miles long, and about 22 square miles of surface. Or in other words: tiny compared to Lake Baikal.
How about the US?
We have two great examples in Lake Superior and Crater Lake. The first one borders Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota, and the second one is in Oregon and used to be a volcano. Lake Superior has an awesome surface area of 31,700 square miles, which is quite bigger than Lake Baikal, but has a much shorter depth of 1,332 feet, which makes the Siberian lake almost twice as big in volume. Crater Lake is actually deeper than that, with 1,943 feet, the deepest of the United States, but it’s not even close in the area department, with just 286 square miles.
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