Lake Norman is about 1.2 times smaller than Staten Island.

Staten Island is approximately 150 km² (58 sq mi), while Lake Norman is approximately 128 km² (49 sq mi), making Lake Norman 85.26% the size of Staten Island.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Staten Island vs. Lake Norman uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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