Finger Lakes
View of Seneca Lake
The Finger Lakes in the west-central section of Upstate New York are actually eleven in number, but only seven of the largest are commonly referred to. The lakes mainly are linear in shape, each lake oriented on a north-south axis. The longest, Cayuga Lake and Seneca Lake, are among the deepest in America. Both are close to 40 miles from end to end, but never more than 3.5 miles wide. Cayuga is actually the longest (38.1 miles), but Seneca the largest in total area. Seneca is the deepest (618 feet), followed by Cayuga (435 feet), with the bottoms well below sea level. The lakes resemble each other in shape, which collectively reminded early mapmakers of the fingers of a hand.
The lakes are as follows: Otisco Lake, Skaneateles Lake, Owasco Lake, Cayuga Lake, Seneca Lake, Keuka Lake, Canandaigua Lake, Honeoye Lake, Canadice Lake, Hemlock Lake, Conesus Lake
February 12, 2007 10:43 AM | Category: Lake