Random Most Dangerous Bodies Of Water In World (12 items)

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  (#5) Jacob's Well, Texas: One Of The Most Dangerous Diving Spots In Existence

  Tucked away in central Texas, Jacob's Well is a beautiful well that is given life by the Trinity Aquifer, supplying the fresh waters of Cypress Creek. Its opening is basically a sliver, stretching 13 feet wide, but that doesn't stop divers and daredevils from exploring its depths and attempting stunt jumps.

  Jacob's Well is a pleasing spot for the eyes and a cool, refreshing getaway from the summer heat, but the pool is also a fatal trap for divers. Recreational scuba is not allowed for very good reasons, since the caves within require extremely skilled maneuvering and have a tendency to claim lives. To explore the caves below, one must tread through a relentless environment, where being forced to remove gear is not uncommon. An uncounted number of scuba divers have lost their lives after becoming trapped in its tight caverns.
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  (#12) Horseshoe Lake

  • Madison County, St. Louis MO-IL, Metropolitan Statistical Area, Illinois, United States, with Territories

  Set atop a volcanic mountaintop, Horseshoe Lake in Mammoth Mountain, CA, exposes its guests to intensely noxious fumes. While the sprawling landscape of the mountains is surely a sight to behold, its pockets of toxic air are something travelers should stay far away from. Concentrated amounts of fatal gasses, such as carbon dioxide and hydrogen sulfide, dot the mountainside and can result in fatality. The volcanic activity pushes between 50 and 150 tons of carbon dioxide into the air on a daily basis.

  On top of gas concentrations, the lakeside will also forever be at risk of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.
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  (#1) Lake Karachay

  • Russia

  Eastern Russia is home to Lake Karachay. The mountains and waters of the lake might make for a scenic view, but the lake is so intensely polluted with radiation that spending time in it will literally cause a swimmer to perish. 

  Located in the southern part of the Ural Mountains and home to an abandoned 1940 Russian nuclear testing facility, the lake has funneled the blunt of that radioactivity into its waters. While the area is absolutely beautiful, it's no place for visitors looking for a relaxing evening with nature. It takes less than an hour in Lake Karachay to pummel visitors with over 600 roentgens of radiation. 
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  (#4) Boiling Lake

  • Dominica

  Morne Trois Pitons National Park holds the waters of Dominica's Boiling Lake. They are always rumbling, furiously boiling and giving off extreme amounts of steam. 

  While the lake is seemingly normal and is actually quite beautiful - covered in cascading plants and water - there's one spot that raises concern. The top of Watt Mountain holds a basin that will result in serious burns - possibly fatal burns - if someone attempts to touch the boiling waters within. Its heat comes from its fiery depths that penetrate far below the crust of the Earth, trailing all the way down into its molten core.
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  (#7) Lake Michigan

  • Great Lakes

  The shores of Lake Michigan are unforgiving. The construction of the lake has given its waters the ability to generate deadly longshore and rip currents. Its rapid currents come coupled with large waves, pushed by strong winds, that soar high into the skyline. Lake Michigan's turbulent waters drown more people than the entirety of the Great Lakes combined, and the waters claim an average of 24 lives a year.
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  (#9) Jukskei River

  Johannesburg might harbor the stunning waters of the Jukskei River, but what lies within is a dangerous concoction of E. coli. The South Africa waterway has been heavily polluted with raw sewage, resulting in strains of bacteria making their home in its depths. The pollution can be traced back to areas of high poverty, such as the city center and Alexandra Township, where squatters and impovershed houseds and facilities use the river as a large toilet. The resulting effect brings highly concentrated amounts of  E. coli, measuring in 1.5 million bacterium per 100ml of water.

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