Most people can't imagine their vacation without somebody of water nearby, be it a lake or an ocean. But there are waters on our planet that can be deadly for revelers.
The searcher would like to tell you about several places on Earth whose beauty is only for watching from a safe distance. There is a list of the most dangerous lakes in the world.
Lake Kivu is one of the African Great Lakes. It lies on the border between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda. This seemingly peaceful lake keeps a deadly secret: there are layers of CO2 in it and 55 billion cubic meters of methane at the bottom.
2. Drake Passage
The Drake Passage is the body of water between South America's Cape Horn and the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica. Lots of icebergs, wind speeds reaching 80 miles per hour, strong currents, and poor visibility are part of the ordeal that ships going through the Drake Passage must survive.
3. Rio Tinto (river)
The Río Tinto is a river in southwestern Spain that rises in the Sierra Morena mountains of Andalucia. Fossil excavation that has been carried out at the head of the Tinto River for more than 3,000 years leads to it being saturated with copper, iron, and heavy metals, with the acidity leaping sky-high. However, even in such conditions, there's the river's own ecosystem that includes bacteria that oxidize metals and make the water bright red.
4. Boiling Lake, Dominica
The Boiling Lake is situated in the Morne Trois Pitons National Park, Dominica's World Heritage site. It is a flooded fumarole 6.5 miles east of Roseau. The lake is approximately 200 feet to 250 feet across.
This mountain lake located eight hours from the ground may heat up to 198°F (92°C) due to hot air spurts from beneath the ground. Swimming in the lake is strictly prohibited even if there are no characteristic bubbles on its surface because boiling starts in a matter of seconds.
5. Horseshoe Lake
Horseshoe Lake is a lake located in the eastern part of Lassen Volcanic National Park near Juniper Lake, in Shasta County, California. The lake lies at an elevation of 6,550 ft. The carbon dioxide emitted from the fissures in the bottom of Horseshoe Lake is deadly for everything. The lake was the cause of the death of four people, as well as trees growing 100 acres around it. The danger is announced by signs all around.
6. Blue Hole, Dahab
The Blue Hole is a diving location on the southeast Sinai, a few kilometers north of Dahab, Egypt on the coast of the Red Sea. The
The Blue Hole is possibly the most dangerous place for diving in the world as many divers have died in this 400-foot deep cave. The cause of death is usually nitrogen narcosis or insufficient air capacity upon ascent.
7. Lake Natron, Tanzania
Lake Natron is a mineral-rich soda lake in northern Tanzania, at the border with Kenya. It sits below Ol Doinyo Lengai, a soaring active volcano in the Rift Valley.
More than that, Lake Natron is one of the saltiest and most alkaline lakes on Earth, covered with a salt crust that's sometimes colored red. The water temperature reaches 120°F (50°C) in certain places, which makes it, along with alkalinity, almost unfit for life. Only three kinds of fish live here, adapting to extreme conditions.
8. Lake Michigan
Lake Michigan is one of the five Great Lakes of North America and the only one located entirely within the United States. It is the second-largest of Lakes.
Lake Michigan is almost as notorious as the Bermuda Triangle because it's over this lake that one of the most horrible air crashes in North America occurred for no logical reasons.
Riddles aside, the lake is a real danger due to its suddenly forming currents that, according to some sources, take several dozens of lives each year.
9. Jacob's Well
Jacob's Well is located northwest of Wimberley, Texas. and this 30-foot deep natural well with crystal clear water is one of the most dangerous diving places in the world. At the bottom of Jacob's Well, there are several entrances to a broad network of caves that many are unable to leave.
10. Great Blue Hole
The Great Blue Hole is a giant marine sinkhole off the coast of Belize. The hole is circular in shape, 318 m across and 124 m deep.
Tides turn the Great Blue Hole into a huge vortex that draws in everything on the surface, while ebbs make it spout huge columns of water. Despite all this, though, there still are many who want to see this hole because Jacques Cousteau himself called it one of the best places for diving on Earth.
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