How Wide Is Lake Baikal? 79 km (49.1 mi) Compared

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Lake Baikal (79 km) drawn to scale beside the Golden Gate Bridge (2.74 km) and Mount Everest (8,849 m) — Drawn to scale, from left to right: Golden Gate Bridge (2.74 km), Mount Everest (8,849 m) and Lake Baikal (79 km).

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How big is that, really?

About 1.9× the length of a marathon
About 8.9× the height of Mount Everest
About 29× the length of the Golden Gate Bridge
About 95× the height of the Burj Khalifa

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Facts about Lake Baikal

Lake Baikal contains about one-fifth of the world’s unfrozen surface fresh water and is the planet’s deepest lake.

Source: UNESCO World Heritage Centre — Lake Baikal; Encyclopaedia Britannica — Lake Baikal

Nature

Name	Size	Compared with Lake Baikal
Ngorongoro Crater	21 km (13 mi)	0.27×
Olympus Mons	21.9 km (13.6 mi)	0.28×
Fish River Canyon	27 km (16.8 mi)	0.34×
Grand Canyon	29 km (18 mi)	0.37×
Lake Tanganyika	72 km (44.7 mi)	0.91×
Lake Baikal	79 km (49.1 mi)	this page
Bering Strait	82 km (51 mi)	1×
Socotra	130 km (80.8 mi)	1.6×
Salar de Uyuni	150 km (93.2 mi)	1.9×
Lake Victoria	240 km (149 mi)	3×

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Which is bigger: Lake Baikal or Socotra?

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