Cayuga Lake (/kəˈjuːɡə/, /keɪˈjuːɡə/ or /kaɪˈjuːɡə/) is a Finger Lake in central New York state. Spanning three counties - Cayuga, Seneca, and Tompkins - it is the longest, second largest (in surface area, marginally smaller than Seneca), and second largest in volume. It is just under 39 miles (63 km) long, with an average width of 1.7 miles (2.8 km), and is 3.5 mi wide (5.6 km) at its widest point, near Aurora. It is approximately 435 ft deep (133 m) at its deepest point, and has over 95 miles (153 km) of shoreline.
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Seneca County, New York in the context of Seneca Lake (New York)
Seneca Lake is a Finger Lake in central New York state. Spanning four counties - Schuyler, Seneca, Yates, and Ontario - it is the largest of the eleven lake glacial chain, and the deepest glacial lake entirely within the state.
Seneca Lake is 38 miles (61 km) long, has a surface area of 66.9 square miles (173 km), a maximum depth of over 618 feet (188 m), and holds the most water of all the Finger Lakes (estimated at 3.81 cubic miles (15.9 km), roughly half that of the entire chain).
Seneca County, New York in the context of Geneva, New York
Geneva is a city in Ontario and Seneca counties in the U.S. state of New York. It is at the northern end of Seneca Lake; all land portions of the city are within Ontario County; the water portions are in Seneca County. The population was 12,812 at the 2020 census. The city is supposedly named after the city and canton of Geneva in Switzerland. The main settlement of the Seneca was spelled Zoneshio by early European settlers, and was described as being two miles north of Seneca Lake.
The city borders the town of Geneva and was once a part of it. The city identifies as the "Lake Trout Capital of the World."