Which country has the highest swimming pool?

A dip in the water is always invigorating, and perhaps never more so than at these eight spectacular pools, which are set in daring locations around the world. Singapore’s Marina Bay Sands hotel invites guests, for example, to “swim on top of the world”—at its expansive infinity pool, set 57 stories up. At 650 feet above the ground, it’s the world’s highest swimming pool, and only the bravest are diving in. From Utah’s Homestead Crater, a geothermal spring hidden by a 55-foot-tall natural limestone surround, to the glass-bottomed pool hanging off the edge of the InterContinental Dubai Festival City, these daring pools allow for truly exhilarating swims, no matter how leisurely your backstroke.

There are a number of large swimming pools around the world, several of which are artificial lagoons. As of 2019, the Guinness World Record holder for the largest man-made lagoon is Citystars Sharm El Sheikh, located in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt.[1]

List[edit]

Only extant completed artificial swimming pools larger than 1,500 m2 (16,000 sq ft) for which reliable size sourcing information is available are listed, sorted by surface area. Depth and volume are not taken into account. Note that this list may not be comprehensive as large swimming pools for which no reliable sources exist attesting to their size are not included.

Rank	Swimming Pool	Country	City	Area	Opened	Water	Notes	Coordinates
1	Citystars Sharm El Sheikh	Egypt	Sharm El Sheikh	96,800 m2 (1,042,000 sq ft)[1] See Note.	2015	Sea water		28°1′41.2″N 34°23′38.7″E / 28.028111°N 34.394083°E
2	Mahasamutr	Thailand	Hua Hin	72,000 m2 (780,000 sq ft)[2]	2014	Sea water		12°31′20.6″N 99°56′16.6″E / 12.522389°N 99.937944°E
3	Ostrava Poruba - Vřesina	Czech Republic	Ostrava	41,200 m2 (443,000 sq ft)[3]	1962	Fresh water
4	The Lagoon at Epperson	USA	Wesley Chapel	30,540.9 m2 (328,739 sq ft)[4]	2017	Sea water		28°16′22″N 82°17′28″W / 28.2727°N 82.2910°W
5	Balneario Carlos Xamena	Argentina	Salta	26,199 m2 (282,000 sq ft)[5]		Fresh water		24°48′48.48″S 65°25′4.08″W / 24.8134667°S 65.4178000°W
6	Piscina Las Brisas De Santo Domingo	Chile	Santo Domingo	22,000 m2 (240,000 sq ft)[6]		Sea water		33°41′36.4″S 71°39′4.7″W / 33.693444°S 71.651306°W
7	The Lagoon at Windsong Ranch	USA	Prosper, Texas	20,230 sq m (217,800 sq ft)				33.23554, -96.86658
8	Peninsula	Romania	Cicarlau	18,000 sq m (193,750 sq ft)	2021	Fresh water		47.673023864402246, 23.423831384733383
9	Freibad Weyermannshaus	Switzerland	Bern	16,000 m2 (170,000 sq ft)[7]	1908	Fresh water		46°56′51.7″N 7°24′18.8″E / 46.947694°N 7.405222°E
10	Brentanobad	Germany	Frankfurt	11,000 m2 (120,000 sq ft)[8]	1966	Fresh water		50°7′33.941″N 8°37′8.592″E / 50.12609472°N 8.61905333°E
11	Dreamworld Resort	Pakistan	Karachi	8,903.1 m2 (95,832 sq ft)[9]	2008	Well water		25°1′56.5″N 67°8′29.3″E / 25.032361°N 67.141472°E
12	Hard Rock Guitar Hotel	USA	Florida	8,410 m2 (90,500 sq ft)	2019	Fresh water		26°03′06.09″N 80°12′33.51″W / 26.0516917°N 80.2093083°W
13	Nakache été	France	Toulouse	7,500 m2 (81,000 sq ft)[10][11]	1933	Fresh water		43°35′8.85″N 1°26′7.61″E / 43.5857917°N 1.4354472°E
14	Sunlite Pool	USA	Cincinnati	7,450 m2 (80,200 sq ft)	1925	Fresh water		39°03′17.20″N 84°25′03.02″W / 39.0547778°N 84.4175056°W
15	Bronte Creek Provincial Park	Canada	Oakville, Ontario	7,300 m2 (79,000 sq ft)[12]	1972	Fresh water		43°24′12″N 79°45′30″W / 43.4032341°N 79.7582572°W
16	Balmorhea State Park	USA	Balmorhea	7,158.5 m2 (77,053 sq ft)[13]	1930s[14]	Fresh water		30°56′40″N 103°47′00″W / 30.94444°N 103.78333°WCoordinates: 30°56′40″N 103°47′00″W / 30.94444°N 103.78333°W [15]
17	Hansen Dam Recreation Center	USA	Los Angeles	6,100 m2 (65,000 sq ft)[16][17]	1998[16]	Municipal water		34°16′13.9″N 118°23′20.9″W / 34.270528°N 118.389139°W
18	Oak Ridge Outdoor Pool	USA	Oak Ridge	5,100 m2 (54,000 sq ft)[18]	1944[19]	Fresh water		36°00′58″N 84°15′57″W / 36.0160°N 84.2658°W
19	Astoria Park Pool	USA	New York City	5,059 m2 (54,450 sq ft)[20]	1936	Fresh water		40°46′44″N 73°55′21″W / 40.7789°N 73.9224°W
20	Pearce Pool	USA	Jackson	4,394.7 m2 (47,304 sq ft)[21]	1960s[22]	Fresh water		31°30′10″N 87°53′18″W / 31.5029°N 87.8884°W
21	Tooting Bec Lido	UK	London	2,800 m2 (30,000 sq ft)[23]	1906	Fresh water		51° 25′ 54″ N, 0° 8′ 21″ W
22	Budlong Pool	USA	Cranston, Rhode Island	2,029 m2 (21,840 sq ft)[24]	1950s	Municipal water
23	Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory	USA	Houston	1,914.2 m2 (20,604 sq ft)[25]	1995			29°36′25.4″N 95°8′36.8″W / 29.607056°N 95.143556°W

Note: Marketing material and press releases for Citystars Sharm El Sheikh claim a larger area of 12.5 hectares (125,000 m2; 1,350,000 sq ft)[26]

Other swimming pool superlatives[edit]

Swimming pool	Country	City	Opened	Notes	Coordinates
Marina Bay Sands	Singapore	Downtown Core	2010	World's highest and longest rooftop infinity pool at 200 metres (650 feet) high[27] and 150 metres (490 feet) long[28]	1°16′59.2″N 103°51′34.5″E / 1.283111°N 103.859583°E
Deep Dive Dubai	United Arab Emirates	Dubai	2020	World's deepest pool at 60.02 metres (196.9 feet) deep[29]	25°7′40.08″N 55°17′42.36″E / 25.1278000°N 55.2951000°E

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