![]() The lake has a shoreline of 7,142 km (4,438 mi) when digitized at the 1:25,000 level, with islands constituting 3.7% of this length. The lake has an average depth of 40 m (130 ft) and a maximum depth of 80–84 m (262–276 ft). Lake Victoria occupies a shallow depression in Africa. ![]() In terms of volume, Lake Victoria is the world's ninth-largest continental lake, containing about 2,424 km 3 (1.965 ×10 9 acre⋅ft) of water. With a surface area of approximately 59,947 km 2 (23,146 sq mi), Lake Victoria is Africa's largest lake by area, the world's largest tropical lake, and the world's second-largest fresh water lake by surface area after Lake Superior in North America. Lake Victoria is one of the African Great Lakes. ![]() ![]() The black line indicates Stanley's route. ![]()
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