Largest lake created by a nuclear explosion

According to Official Guinness Records,

On 15 January 1965 the Soviet Union detonated a 140 kiloton nuclear device underneath a dry bed of the Chagan River, Kazakhstan. Part of the Soviets´ Nuclear Explosions for the National Economy programme, the raised rim of the resulting crater dammed the river allowing the creation of a reservoir. It is now known as Lake Chagan and has a volume of around 100,000 m³ (3,531,000 ft³).

For a complete list of 1965 records, please visit 1965 Guinness Records in Kazakhstan.

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