Lake Superior size comparison
82,414 km2 / 31,812 mile2
Lake Superior is the largest of the Great Lakes of North America, the world's largest freshwater lake by surface area, and the third-largest freshwater lake by volume. It is shared by Ontario to the north, Minnesota to the west, and Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan to the south. Superior is the farthest north and west of the Great Lakes chain, and the highest in elevation, draining through the St. Mary's River into Lake Huron.
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Lake Superior compared to Saved places
Lake Superior compared to water bodies
Adriatic sea is
1.68 times
as big as Lake Superior
Sea of Azov is
0.47 times
as big as Lake Superior
Lake Baikal is
0.38 times
as big as Lake Superior
Baltic sea is
4.57 times
as big as Lake Superior
Bermuda Triangle is
6.07 times
as big as Lake Superior
Bay of Biscay is
2.71 times
as big as Lake Superior
Black Sea is
5.30 times
as big as Lake Superior
Caspian Sea is
4.50 times
as big as Lake Superior
Dogger Bank is
0.21 times
as big as Lake Superior
Erie lake is
0.31 times
as big as Lake Superior
Garabogazkol Aylagy is
0.22 times
as big as Lake Superior
Great Barrier Reef is
4.18 times
as big as Lake Superior
Great Bear Lake is
0.38 times
as big as Lake Superior
Great Lakes is
2.72 times
as big as Lake Superior
Great Slave Lake is
0.35 times
as big as Lake Superior
Gulf of finland is
0.36 times
as big as Lake Superior
Lake Huron is
0.72 times
as big as Lake Superior
Lake Victoria is
0.81 times
as big as Lake Superior
Lake Winnipeg is
0.30 times
as big as Lake Superior
Lake Malawi is
0.36 times
as big as Lake Superior
Mascarene Plateau is
1.40 times
as big as Lake Superior
Lake Michigan is
0.70 times
as big as Lake Superior
Nile river is
6.07 times
as big as Lake Superior
North Sea is
6.92 times
as big as Lake Superior
Red Sea is
5.31 times
as big as Lake Superior
Lake Tanganyika is
0.40 times
as big as Lake Superior
White Sea is
1.09 times
as big as Lake Superior
Lake Superior compared to European countries
Albania is
0.35 times
as big as Lake Superior
Austria is
1.02 times
as big as Lake Superior
Bosnia and Herzegovina is
0.62 times
as big as Lake Superior
The Balkans is
5.67 times
as big as Lake Superior
Baltic States is
2.12 times
as big as Lake Superior
Belgium is
0.37 times
as big as Lake Superior
Benelux Union is
0.93 times
as big as Lake Superior
Bulgaria is
1.35 times
as big as Lake Superior
Belarus is
2.52 times
as big as Lake Superior
Switzerland is
0.50 times
as big as Lake Superior
Crimea is
0.33 times
as big as Lake Superior
Czech Republic is
0.96 times
as big as Lake Superior
Czechoslovakia is
1.55 times
as big as Lake Superior
Germany is
4.33 times
as big as Lake Superior
Denmark is
0.52 times
as big as Lake Superior
Estonia is
0.55 times
as big as Lake Superior
England is
1.58 times
as big as Lake Superior
Spain is
6.14 times
as big as Lake Superior
Finland is
4.11 times
as big as Lake Superior
France is
6.69 times
as big as Lake Superior
United Kingdom is
2.95 times
as big as Lake Superior
Greece (mainland) is
1.34 times
as big as Lake Superior
Croatia is
0.69 times
as big as Lake Superior
Hungary is
1.13 times
as big as Lake Superior
Iberian Peninsula is
7.06 times
as big as Lake Superior
Republic of Ireland is
0.85 times
as big as Lake Superior
Iceland is
1.25 times
as big as Lake Superior
Italy is
3.66 times
as big as Lake Superior
Kosovo is
0.13 times
as big as Lake Superior
Lithuania is
0.79 times
as big as Lake Superior
Latvia is
0.78 times
as big as Lake Superior
Moldova is
0.41 times
as big as Lake Superior
Montenegro is
0.17 times
as big as Lake Superior
North Macedonia is
0.31 times
as big as Lake Superior
Netherlands is
0.50 times
as big as Lake Superior
Norway is
3.93 times
as big as Lake Superior
Northern Ireland is
0.17 times
as big as Lake Superior
Poland is
3.79 times
as big as Lake Superior
Portugal is
1.12 times
as big as Lake Superior
Romania is
2.89 times
as big as Lake Superior
Serbia is
1.07 times
as big as Lake Superior
Scandinavian Peninsula is
9.10 times
as big as Lake Superior
Scotland is
0.95 times
as big as Lake Superior
Sweden is
5.46 times
as big as Lake Superior
Slovenia is
0.25 times
as big as Lake Superior
Slovakia is
0.59 times
as big as Lake Superior
Ukraine is
7.32 times
as big as Lake Superior
Ural Mountains is
6.07 times
as big as Lake Superior
Wales is
0.25 times
as big as Lake Superior
Yugoslavia is
3.10 times
as big as Lake Superior
Lake Superior compared to Asian countries
UAE (United Arab Emirates) is
1.01 times
as big as Lake Superior
Afghanistan is
7.91 times
as big as Lake Superior
Armenia is
0.36 times
as big as Lake Superior
Azerbaijan is
1.05 times
as big as Lake Superior
Bangladesh is
1.75 times
as big as Lake Superior
Bhutan is
0.47 times
as big as Lake Superior
Chukchi Peninsula is
0.62 times
as big as Lake Superior
Fiji is
0.22 times
as big as Lake Superior
Georgia is
0.85 times
as big as Lake Superior
Israel is
0.25 times
as big as Lake Superior
Iraq is
5.32 times
as big as Lake Superior
Jordan is
1.08 times
as big as Lake Superior
Japan is
4.59 times
as big as Lake Superior
Kamchatka Peninsula is
3.28 times
as big as Lake Superior
Kenya is
7.04 times
as big as Lake Superior
Kyrgyzstan is
2.43 times
as big as Lake Superior
Cambodia is
2.20 times
as big as Lake Superior
Korean peninsula is
2.68 times
as big as Lake Superior
North Korea is
1.46 times
as big as Lake Superior
South Korea is
1.21 times
as big as Lake Superior
Kurdistan is
4.76 times
as big as Lake Superior
Kuwait is
0.22 times
as big as Lake Superior
Laos is
2.87 times
as big as Lake Superior
Lebanon is
0.13 times
as big as Lake Superior
Levant is
3.94 times
as big as Lake Superior
Sri Lanka is
0.80 times
as big as Lake Superior
Malay peninsula is
2.94 times
as big as Lake Superior
Manchuria is
9.55 times
as big as Lake Superior
Myanmar is
8.21 times
as big as Lake Superior
Malaysia is
4.01 times
as big as Lake Superior
Nepal is
1.79 times
as big as Lake Superior
Oman is
3.76 times
as big as Lake Superior
Papua New Guinea is
5.62 times
as big as Lake Superior
Philippines is
3.64 times
as big as Lake Superior
Pakistan is
9.66 times
as big as Lake Superior
Qatar is
0.14 times
as big as Lake Superior
Syria is
2.25 times
as big as Lake Superior
Thailand is
6.23 times
as big as Lake Superior
Tajikistan is
1.74 times
as big as Lake Superior
East Timor is
0.18 times
as big as Lake Superior
Turkmenistan is
5.92 times
as big as Lake Superior
Turkey is
9.51 times
as big as Lake Superior
Taiwan is
0.43 times
as big as Lake Superior
Uzbekistan is
5.43 times
as big as Lake Superior
Vietnam is
4.02 times
as big as Lake Superior
Yemen is
6.41 times
as big as Lake Superior
Lake Superior compared to African countries
Burkina Faso is
3.33 times
as big as Lake Superior
Burundi is
0.34 times
as big as Lake Superior
Benin is
1.37 times
as big as Lake Superior
Botswana is
7.06 times
as big as Lake Superior
Central African Republic is
7.56 times
as big as Lake Superior
Congo is
4.15 times
as big as Lake Superior
Ivory Coast is
3.91 times
as big as Lake Superior
Cameroon is
5.77 times
as big as Lake Superior
Darfur (Sudan) is
5.98 times
as big as Lake Superior
Djibouti is
0.28 times
as big as Lake Superior
Western Sahara is
3.23 times
as big as Lake Superior
Eritrea is
1.43 times
as big as Lake Superior
Gabon is
3.25 times
as big as Lake Superior
Ghana is
2.89 times
as big as Lake Superior
Gambia is
0.14 times
as big as Lake Superior
Guinea is
2.98 times
as big as Lake Superior
Equatorial Guinea is
0.34 times
as big as Lake Superior
Guinea-Bissau is
0.44 times
as big as Lake Superior
Halaib Triangle is
0.25 times
as big as Lake Superior
Liberia is
1.35 times
as big as Lake Superior
Lesotho is
0.37 times
as big as Lake Superior
Morocco is
5.42 times
as big as Lake Superior
Madagascar is
7.12 times
as big as Lake Superior
Malawi is
1.44 times
as big as Lake Superior
Mozambique is
9.73 times
as big as Lake Superior
Namibia is
10.00 times
as big as Lake Superior
Rwanda is
0.32 times
as big as Lake Superior
Sierra Leone is
0.87 times
as big as Lake Superior
Senegal is
2.39 times
as big as Lake Superior
Somalia is
7.74 times
as big as Lake Superior
Somaliland is
2.14 times
as big as Lake Superior
South Sudan is
7.52 times
as big as Lake Superior
Eswatini (Swaziland) is
0.21 times
as big as Lake Superior
Togo is
0.69 times
as big as Lake Superior
Tunisia is
1.99 times
as big as Lake Superior
Uganda is
2.92 times
as big as Lake Superior
Zambia is
9.13 times
as big as Lake Superior
Zimbabwe is
4.74 times
as big as Lake Superior
Lake Superior compared to US States
California (US) is
5.14 times
as big as Lake Superior
Texas (US) is
8.45 times
as big as Lake Superior
Upper Peninsula of Michigan is
0.52 times
as big as Lake Superior
Alabama (US) is
1.65 times
as big as Lake Superior
Arkansas (US) is
1.66 times
as big as Lake Superior
Arizona (US) is
3.57 times
as big as Lake Superior
Colorado (US) is
3.27 times
as big as Lake Superior
Connecticut (US) is
0.17 times
as big as Lake Superior
Florida (US) is
2.07 times
as big as Lake Superior
Georgia (US) is
1.87 times
as big as Lake Superior
Hawaii (US) is
0.34 times
as big as Lake Superior
Iowa (US) is
1.77 times
as big as Lake Superior
Idaho (US) is
2.63 times
as big as Lake Superior
Illinois (US) is
1.82 times
as big as Lake Superior
Indiana (US) is
1.14 times
as big as Lake Superior
Kansas (US) is
2.59 times
as big as Lake Superior
Kentucky (US) is
1.27 times
as big as Lake Superior
Louisiana (US) is
1.64 times
as big as Lake Superior
Massachusetts (US) is
0.33 times
as big as Lake Superior
Maryland (US) is
0.39 times
as big as Lake Superior
Maine (US) is
1.11 times
as big as Lake Superior
Michigan (US) is
1.83 times
as big as Lake Superior
Minnesota (US) is
2.73 times
as big as Lake Superior
Missouri (US) is
2.19 times
as big as Lake Superior
Mississippi (US) is
1.52 times
as big as Lake Superior
Montana (US) is
4.62 times
as big as Lake Superior
North Carolina (US) is
1.69 times
as big as Lake Superior
North Dakota (US) is
2.22 times
as big as Lake Superior
Nebraska (US) is
2.43 times
as big as Lake Superior
New Hampshire (US) is
0.29 times
as big as Lake Superior
New Jersey (US) is
0.27 times
as big as Lake Superior
New Mexico (US) is
3.82 times
as big as Lake Superior
Nevada (US) is
3.47 times
as big as Lake Superior
New York State (US) is
1.71 times
as big as Lake Superior
Ohio (US) is
1.41 times
as big as Lake Superior
Oklahoma (US) is
2.20 times
as big as Lake Superior
Oregon (US) is
3.09 times
as big as Lake Superior
Pennsylvania (US) is
1.45 times
as big as Lake Superior
South Carolina (US) is
1.01 times
as big as Lake Superior
South Dakota (US) is
2.43 times
as big as Lake Superior
Tennessee (US) is
1.33 times
as big as Lake Superior
Utah (US) is
2.67 times
as big as Lake Superior
Virginia (US) is
1.34 times
as big as Lake Superior
Vermont (US) is
0.30 times
as big as Lake Superior
Washington (US) is
2.24 times
as big as Lake Superior
Wisconsin (US) is
2.06 times
as big as Lake Superior
West Virginia (US) is
0.76 times
as big as Lake Superior
Wyoming (US) is
3.10 times
as big as Lake Superior
Lake Superior compared to countries in the Americas
Belize is
0.28 times
as big as Lake Superior
Central America is
6.16 times
as big as Lake Superior
Chile is
9.17 times
as big as Lake Superior
Costa Rica is
0.62 times
as big as Lake Superior
Cuba is
1.33 times
as big as Lake Superior
Dominican Republic is
0.59 times
as big as Lake Superior
Ecuador is
3.11 times
as big as Lake Superior
Guatemala is
1.32 times
as big as Lake Superior
French Guiana is
1.01 times
as big as Lake Superior
Guyana is
2.61 times
as big as Lake Superior
Honduras is
1.36 times
as big as Lake Superior
Haiti is
0.34 times
as big as Lake Superior
Jamaica is
0.13 times
as big as Lake Superior
Republic of Lakotah is
2.43 times
as big as Lake Superior
Mojave Desert is
1.50 times
as big as Lake Superior
New England is
2.26 times
as big as Lake Superior
Nicaragua is
1.58 times
as big as Lake Superior
Panama is
0.92 times
as big as Lake Superior
The Pampas (South America) is
9.10 times
as big as Lake Superior
Puerto Rico (US) is
0.11 times
as big as Lake Superior
Paraguay is
4.94 times
as big as Lake Superior
Suriname is
1.99 times
as big as Lake Superior
El Salvador is
0.26 times
as big as Lake Superior
Uruguay is
2.14 times
as big as Lake Superior
Yucatan Peninsula is
2.20 times
as big as Lake Superior