Lake Superior, North America
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Lake Superior is one of the Great Lakes straddling the United States and Canada, and it shares some similar pitfalls with the other Great Lakes. But the biggest hazards unique to it have to do with the surrounding geology.
According to the campus police at Northern Michigan University, the rock formations in Lake Superior are hotbeds for dangerous rip currents. Although strong currents are a hazard common to the lakes, the rip currents are particularly fast and deadly at Lake Superior.