Lake Lucerne
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Lake Lucerne (German: Vierwaldstättersee, literally 'Lake of the four forested settlements' (in English usually translated as forest cantons), French: lac des Quatre-Cantons, Italian: lago dei Quattro Cantoni) is a lake in central Switzerland and the fourth largest in the country.
For other uses, see Lake Lucerne (disambiguation).
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Lake Lucerne | |
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Vierwaldstättersee (German) | |
Location | Central Switzerland |
Coordinates | 47.0194°N 8.4011°E / 47.0194; 8.4011 |
Lake type | freshwater fjord, recent regulation[note 1] |
Primary inflows | |
Primary outflows | Reuss |
Catchment area | 2,124 km2 (820 sq mi) |
Basin countries | Switzerland |
Max. length | 30 km (19 mi) |
Max. width | 20 km (12 mi) |
Surface area | 113.6 km2 (43.9 sq mi) |
Average depth | 104 m (341 ft) |
Max. depth | 214 m (702 ft) |
Water volume | 11.8 km3 (2.8 cu mi) |
Residence time | 3.4 years |
Shore length1 | 143.7 km (89.3 mi) |
Surface elevation | 434 m (1,424 ft) |
Frozen | in the 17th and 19th century; Lucerne Bay and Lake Alpnach in 1929 and 1963 |
Islands | Altstatt-Insel |
Sections/sub-basins | |
Settlements | |
Website | http://www.lakelucerne.ch |
References | [1] |
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. |
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