Cayuga Lake
| Cayuga Lake | |
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Cayuga Lake as viewed from the Johnson Museum at Cornell University | |
Cayuga Lake Location of Cayuga Lake in New York state Cayuga Lake Cayuga Lake (the United States) | |
| Location | Cayuga / Seneca / Tompkins counties, New York, U.S. |
| Group | Finger Lakes |
| Coordinates | 42°41′17″N 76°42′8″W / 42.68806°N 76.70222°W |
| Lake type | Ground moraine |
| Primary inflows | Fall Creek, Cayuga Inlet, Salmon Creek, Taughannock Creek, Six Mile Creek |
| Primary outflows | Seneca River |
| Catchment area | 2,033 km2 (785 sq mi) |
| Basin countries | United States |
| Max. length | 61.4 km (38.2 mi) |
| Max. width | 3.5 mi (5.6 km) |
| Surface area | 172 km2 (66 sq mi) |
| Average depth | 54.5 m (179 ft) |
| Max. depth | 133 m (436 ft) |
| Water volume | 9.4 km3 (2.3 cu mi) |
| Residence time | 18.2 years |
| Shore length1 | 153.4 km (95.3 mi) |
| Surface elevation | 381.9 ft (116.4 m) |
| Islands | 2 (Frontenac Island and Canoga Island) |
| Settlements | see article |
| References | |
| 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. | |
Cayuga Lake (/kəˈjuːɡə/ kə-YOO-ghə, /keɪˈjuːɡə/ kay-YOO-ghə, or /kaɪˈjuːɡə/ kye-YOO-ghə) is a Finger Lake in central New York state. Spanning three counties - Cayuga, Seneca, and Tompkins - it is the longest, second largest (in surface area, marginally smaller than Seneca), and second largest in volume. It is just under 39 miles (63 km) long, with an average width of 1.7 miles (2.8 km), and is 3.5 mi wide (5.6 km) at its widest point, near Aurora. It is approximately 435 ft deep (133 m) at its deepest point, and has over 95 miles (153 km) of shoreline.