What are the 3 blue water lakes in the world?

A long repeated myth is that there are only three blue water lakes in the world: West Okoboji Lake, Lake Geneva, and Lake Louise. The original source of the claim is unknown. It has been said that the claim for West Okoboji Lake originated from National Geographic, but no records can be found to support this.



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West Okoboji is the second largest in the chain covering 3, 850 acres. It is a glacial lake created by the Wisconsin Glacier 14,000 years ago and has a maximum depth of 136 feet, which makes it the deepest natural lake in Iowa. Subterranean springs help provide the cool, clear, blue water of Iowa's most popular lake.

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Lower Gar is one of five lakes connected in the Iowa Great Lakes chain along with West Okoboji, East Okoboji, Minnewashta, and Upper Gar. Lower Gar State Recreation Area is located on the shores of Lower Gar, offering a boat ramp and several fishing areas along the shoreline.

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East Okoboji Lake and its communities offer natural beauty, recreational opportunities, and a close-knit community environment. The lake attracts boating enthusiasts with its pristine, calm, and peaceful waters and provides a favorite spot for locals and tourists alike.

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At 5,684 acres, Spirit Lake is Iowa's largest natural lake. It is approximately 6 miles north/south and 4 miles east/west. Due to its circular shape and large open body of water, its 15.25 miles of shoreline is less that that of its neighboring lakes to the south.

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West Lake Okoboji's clear, cold waters are a relief from the heat, but take some getting used to. The sand beaches at Terrace Park, on the southern end of the lake, provide some of the most refreshing waters for swimming in the area.

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Blue Lake, New Zealand Blue Lake has underwater visibility up to 70 to 80 meters or 230 to 260 feet down, which is insane! Apart from being the world's clearest lake, it's also the clearest body of natural freshwater. The water in Blue Lake is comparable to distilled water based on laboratory measurements.

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1. Blue Lake, New Zealand. The Blue Lake is the clearest lake in the world. New Zealand is well-known for its natural beauty, with mountainous terrains surrounding crystal clear lakes whenever you hop out of the city.

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Lake Tahoe Known for its phenomenal clarity, this ancient lake has the purest waters in North America, making this The Clearest Lake in the United States. It offers visitors many options for exploring the gorgeous area as well.

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Lake Tahoe is the clearest lake in the United States and also North America's largest alpine lake in the Sierra Nevada mountains. It is over 1,600 feet deep and sits at an elevation above 6,000 feet. This makes it only the second deepest lake in the U.S. after Crater Lake in Oregon.

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Spirit Lake is Iowa's largest natural lake. Big Spirit Lake is the largest lake in Iowa's Great Lakes Chain, formed about 13,000 years ago during the last ice age, and sits in Dickinson County in northwest Iowa.

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West Okoboji Lake At 136 feet deep, it ranks as the deepest lake in Iowa as well as the second-largest lake in the state. Visitors flock to West Okoboji Lake for boating, sailing, water skiing, and fishing. The lake's depth and exceptional water quality mean that sunlight can easily penetrate the pure water.

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Forming c. 12 million years ago, the largest lake ever known to have existed on Earth is Megalake Paratethys, which extended from the eastern Alps of Europe to what is now Kazakhstan in central Asia.

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Although there is no scientific basis that West Okoboji is a blue lake, scientists and non-scientists alike agree the lake has exceptional water quality and color, and is one of only a handful of waterbodies included on the DNR's Outstanding Iowa Waters list.

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Lake Superior is the world's largest freshwater lake by area (31,700 mi2 /82,100 km2). It is also the coldest and deepest of the Great Lakes, with a maximum depth of 406 meters (1,332 feet). By most measures, it is the healthiest of all the Great Lakes.

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