Lake Erie

Lake Erie is the fourth-largest lake by surface area of the five in and the eleventh-largest globally. It is the southernmost, shallowest, and smallest by volume of the Great Lakes and also has the shortest average water residence time.
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  • Lake
  • …has a surface elevation of 571 feet (174 metres)
  • Also known as
    “Cahiquage”
    “Ericke”
    “Eriesee”
    “Erige”
    “Gai-gwash-geh”
    “Kau-ha-gwa-rah-ka”
    “Lac de Conty”
    “Lac des Cerises”
    “Lac des Gens du Chat”
    “Lac du Chat”
    “Lac Erie”
    “Lac Teiocharontiong”
    “Lacus Erie”
    “Lago Erio”
    “Lago Oswego”
    “Lake of Erie”
    “Lake of Sweege”
    “Lake Okswego”
    “Lake Osweege”
    “O-swee-go”
    “Sahiquage”
    “Techaronkion”
  • Category: body of water
  • Location
  • View on Open­Street­Map
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Latitude
41.97333° or 41° 58′ 24″ north
Longitude
-81.30313° or 81° 18′ 11″ west
Open location code
86HWXMFW+8P
Geo­Names ID
5153380

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