The Great Lakes

Lake

Area sq mi

Area sq km

Length mi

Length km

Width mi

Width km

Shoreline mi

Shoreline km

Greatest Depth ft

Greatest Depth m

Superior

31,700

82,100

350

565

160

260

2.100

3,400

1,333

406

Huron

23,000

59,600

206

332

183

295

2,300

3,700

750

230

Michigan

22,300

57,800

307

494

118

190

1,300

2.100

923

281

Erie

9,910

25,667

241

388

57

92

800

1,300

210

64

Ontario

7,550

19,550

193

311

53

85

1,100

1,800

802

244

Another point of interest to the details above is that Lake Michigan is the only one of the lakes that is wholly in the United States of America. The remainder are shared with Canada and the border runs approximately through the middle of the lakes.