Rochester Basin
{{Short description|Deepest part of Lake Ontario}}
The Rochester Basin, at {{convert | 802 | ft | m}}, is the deepest part of Lake Ontario. The lake bottom of the Rochester Basin is strongly marked by glaciation, with parallel gouges and underwater drumlins.{{Cite web |title=Bathymetry of Lake Ontario |url=https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/greatlakes/lakeontario_cdrom/html/gmorph.htm#a5 |access-date=2024-12-08 |website=www.ngdc.noaa.gov}}
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{{cite news
| url = https://buffalonews.com/2018/02/09/wide-open-lake-ontario-waters-keep-lake-effect-machine-churning/
| title = Wide-open Lake Ontario waters keep lake-effect machine churning
| work = Buffalo Evening News
| author = T.J. Pignataro
| date = 2018-02-09
| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20180209202039/https://buffalonews.com/2018/02/09/wide-open-lake-ontario-waters-keep-lake-effect-machine-churning/
| archivedate = 2018-02-09
| accessdate = 2019-04-02
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| quote = At its deepest point in the "Rochester Basin" on Lake Ontario's eastern end, the lake bottom at 802 feet, is about four times deeper than the deepest depth of Lake Erie, 210 feet, near Long Point, Ont.
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{{cite news
|url = http://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2017/rncan-nrcan/M183-2/M183-2-8178-eng.pdf
|title = Seismic study of ridges on the lake floor in Rochester basin, eastern Lake Ontario, New York: evidence for till composition
|work = Natural Resources Canada
|year = 2017
|author = K.C. Coflin, B. Phu, C.F.M. Lewis, B.J. Todd
|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20170724121211/http://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2017/rncan-nrcan/M183-2/M183-2-8178-eng.pdf
|archivedate = 2017-07-24
|accessdate = 2019-04-02
|url-status = live
|quote = Analysis of the single channel seismic sleeve gun data supports the geological interpretation that the ridges in eastern Lake Ontario are glacial deposits of subglacial diamicton resting on an undeformed bedrock surface. Given other information revealing the streamline shape and finite length (<10 km) of the ridges (Mayer et al., 1994), this analysis supports the interpretation of Hutchinson et al. (1993) that the ridges are drumlins.
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