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Hey, Has anyone known about the plant life here? I'm trying to do a research page on the Place but, I need 5 Producers. :( — Preceding unsigned comment added by Linktlh (talk • contribs) 13:30, 20 May 2015 (UTC)
An anon added this info to the article:
Aside from the fact that "pedestrian access" would be impossible, it is interesting, if it is true, that the public isn't allowed to visit the island. If a source is found, this would probably be better placed in the Wizard Island article. Katr67 19:30, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
According to Day Hikes you are allowed to hike on Wizard Island. I have visited the park and this required a boat ride to and from the island, but you are indeed allowed to do so. I'll update the article when I get a chance if no one beats me to it. --Burntnickel 12:58, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
The phrase "seven different trees" on Wizard Island should either be 7 different kinds of trees, or seven trees. I can't find a source on the WI page. Billyshiverstick (talk) 21:47, 6 May 2016 (UTC)
That's wrong. In this category the lake is beaten by the Issyk Kul, wich has a maximum depth of 668m according to the article. --195.145.17.162 12:06, 17 August 2007 (UTC)
However, based on a comparison of average depths, Crater Lake at 350m is deeper than Lake Issyk Kul (279m), and therefore Crater Lake, on the average, would be the deepest lake in the world whose basin is entirely above sea level.--Pkrnger (talk) 18:12, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
The current text says:
“ | On the basis of comparing average depths among the worlds deepest lakes, however, Crater Lake becomes the deepest lake in the Western Hemisphere and the third deepest in the world. It is the deepest, on average, among all lakes whose basins are entirely above sea level. | ” |
I propose the following to replace it:
“ | By average depth, Crater Lake is the deepest lake in the Western Hemisphere, and the third-deepest in the world. The deeper lakes, Lake Issyk Kul and Tanganyika Lake, extend below sea level at their deepest points, unlike Crater Lake, which is entirely above sea level. [1] [2] | ” |
This is backed up by the citations noted, one of which was published in the Klamath Falls Herald and News. I believe it expresses the facts in a more neutral tone, than the current text. Any objections? -Pete (talk) 21:06, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
From an impartial observer: lakes are not divided into categories such as "entirely above sea level" and "partially below sea level". Such a distinction has no place in Wikipedia. If a third party maintained such a list, fine, but no one does. Crater Lake is wonderful enough it doesn't need such Monty Pythonesque attempts to make it sound better. "Deepest lake in the world (visited by Theodore Rooseveldt)" etc. Billyshiverstick (talk) 22:31, 6 May 2016 (UTC)
The opening paragraph says "At 1,943 feet (592 m), the lake is the deepest in the United States, and the seventh or ninth deepest in the world, depending on whether average or maximum depth is measured." To me, that would imply that Crater Lake is the 7th deepest on average. Then, in the depth section, the article says "However, using average depths of the world's deepest lakes, Crater Lake becomes the deepest lake in the Western Hemisphere and the third deepest in the world." So which is it? The 7th or the 3rd? Epmatsw (talk) 01:50, 24 May 2014 (UTC)
I’m aware that it’s 8 years later, but the depth rankings still seem false, and contradict Wikipedia’s list of deepest lakes: according to the list, crater lake is the 10th deepest lake by maximum depth, and 5th deepest by average depth, rather than the 9th and 3rd in the article. Should I change it? 222Boarbot78 (talk) 02:14, 4 August 2022 (UTC)
Here is an interesting source about the history of the depth of the lake, like it took perhaps 500 years to fill initially. —EncMstr (talk) 19:04, 29 February 2016 (UTC)
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That the crater is (according to the article) an endorheic basin suggests that the lake is getting saltier, and will eventually become a salt lake. Are there any salinity figures? --Piledhigheranddeeper (talk) 14:20, 6 May 2016 (UTC)
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Could we have a section on the fish and other fauna in the lake please? This page says that six species of fish were introduced to the lake in the late 1800s, of which only two species survive today, rainbow trout and Kokanee salmon. It's not clear if before the introductions there were other indigenous fish species and other lacustrine fauna that had arrived in the lake over its 6-8,000 year old history, or if the lake was sterile as far as fauna went before the introductions. 109.150.91.128 (talk) 08:10, 2 August 2017 (UTC)
Many rankings on the page will have changed due to the new Lake Viedma depth study, giving it a depth of 900m, making it the 5th deepest lake in the world. The Wikipedia list of deepest lakes also cites the General Carrera Lake in Chile/ Argentina as having an average depth of 400m, putting it 4th on the average. The source for this is over 900 pages and I could not look through it- however, I don’t like that two (likely more) Wikipedia pages contradict each other, and wonder if one should be changed? 50.230.248.196 (talk) 02:49, 6 August 2022 (UTC)