Lake Lucerne information

Lake Lucerne
Lake Lucerne
Vierwaldstättersee (German)
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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	Reuss; Muota; Engelberger Aa; Sarner Aa;
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	Urnersee; Gersauer Becken; Buochser Bucht; Vitznauer Bucht; Chrütztrichter; Küssnachtersee; Alpnachersee; Stanser Trichter; Horwer Bucht; Luzernersee;
Settlements	Flüelen; Brunnen; Gersau; Buochs; Vitznau; Weggis; Küssnacht; Alpnachstad; Stansstad; Hergiswil; Lucerne;
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.

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^ Hans Stadler: Vierwaldstättersee in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland, 27 February 2013.

[hdsll-2] Hans Stadler: Vierwaldstättersee in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland, 27 February 2013.

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Location	Central Switzerland
Coordinates	47°01′10″N 8°24′04″E / 47.0194°N 8.4011°E / 47.0194; 8.4011
Lake type	freshwater fjord, recent regulation^{[note 1]}
Primary inflows	Reuss Muota Engelberger Aa Sarner Aa
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	Urnersee Gersauer Becken Buochser Bucht Vitznauer Bucht Chrütztrichter Küssnachtersee Alpnachersee Stanser Trichter Horwer Bucht Luzernersee
Settlements	Flüelen Brunnen Gersau Buochs Vitznau Weggis Küssnacht Alpnachstad Stansstad Hergiswil Lucerne
Website	http://www.lakelucerne.ch
References	^[1]

¹ Shore length is not a well-defined measure.