Lake Lucerne
| Lake Lucerne | |
|---|---|
| Vierwaldstättersee (German) | |
View of Lake Lucerne from the Pilatus | |
map | |
| Location | Central Switzerland |
| Coordinates | 47°01′10″N 8°24′04″E / 47.0194°N 8.4011°E |
| Lake type | freshwater fjord, recent regulation |
| 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 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. | |
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.