Hard Lake Shapes Quiz: 20 Tricky Lake Outlines

Supervolcano craters, Scottish lochs and lakes behind giant dams: 20 lake shapes that only map fans will know.

🦕 Practice 3: Hidden Lakes Hard

How to play

Each lake is shown on its own, north up, at its true shape, with islands cut out. Type its name (“Superior” is fine for “Lake Superior”): a clean answer scores 3 points. Unlock the first clue (where it is, and a fact) for 2 points, or the second (the letter pattern) for 1.

Lakes in this quiz

Lake Albert · Lake Athabasca · Lake Balaton · Lake Biwa · Lake Chapala · Lake Eyre · Lake Garda · Lake Kivu · Lake Mead · Lake of the Woods · Lake Peipus · Lake Powell · Lake Saimaa · Lake Sevan · Lake Taupo · Lake Toba · Lake Wakatipu · Loch Ness · Sea of Galilee · Vättern

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