Lake Norman is about 1.4 times smaller than Aruba.

Aruba is approximately 180 sq km, while Lake Norman is approximately 128 km² (49 sq mi), making Lake Norman 70.98% the size of Aruba.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Aruba vs. Lake Norman uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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