List of lakes of Switzerland - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Largest lakes in Switzerland

There are 16 lake

Lake

A lake is a body of relatively still fresh or salt water of considerable size, localized in a basin, that is surrounded by land. Lakes are inland and not part of the ocean and therefore are distinct from lagoons, and are larger and deeper than ponds. Lakes can be contrasted with rivers or streams,...

s in Switzerland with a surface area larger than 10 km²:

Lake Geneva
Lake Geneva
Lake Geneva or Lake Léman is a lake in Switzerland and France. It is one of the largest lakes in Western Europe. 59.53 % of it comes under the jurisdiction of Switzerland , and 40.47 % under France...

(Lac Léman, Lac de Genève) - 581.3 km² (shared with France)
Lake Constance
Lake Constance
Lake Constance is a lake on the Rhine at the northern foot of the Alps, and consists of three bodies of water: the Obersee , the Untersee , and a connecting stretch of the Rhine, called the Seerhein.The lake is situated in Germany, Switzerland and Austria near the Alps...

(Bodensee) - 541.1 km² (shared with Germany/Austria)
Lake Neuchâtel
Lake Neuchâtel
Lake Neuchâtel is a lake in Romandy, Switzerland . The lake lies mainly in the canton of Neuchâtel, but is also shared by the cantons of Vaud, of Fribourg, and of Bern....

(Lac de Neuchâtel, Neuenburgersee) - 218.3 km²
Lake Maggiore
Lake Maggiore
Lake Maggiore is a large lake located on the south side of the Alps. It is the second largest of Italy and largest of southern Switzerland. Lake Maggiore is the most westerly of the three great prealpine lakes of Italy, it extends for about 70 km between Locarno and Arona.The climate is mild...

(Lago Maggiore) - 212.3 km² (mainly in Italy)
Lake Lucerne
Lake Lucerne
Lake Lucerne is a lake in central Switzerland and the fourth largest in the country.The lake has a complicated shape, with bends and arms reaching from the city of Lucerne into the mountains. It has a total area of 114 km² , an elevation of 434 m , and a maximum depth of 214 m . Its volume is 11.8...

(Vierwaldstättersee) - 113.7 km²
Lake Zurich
Lake Zurich
Lake Zurich is a lake in Switzerland, extending southeast of the city of Zurich. It is also known as Lake Zürich and Lake of Zürich. It lies approximately at co-ordinates ....

(Zürichsee) - 90.1 km²
Lake Lugano
Lake Lugano
Lake Lugano is a glacial lake in the south-east of Switzerland, at the border between Switzerland and Italy. The lake, named after the city of Lugano, is situated between Lake Como and Lago Maggiore...

(Lago di Lugano, Ceresio) - 48.7 km² (partially in Italy)
Lake Thun
Lake Thun
Lake Thun is an Alpine lake in the Bernese Oberland in Switzerland. It took its name from the city of Thun, on its northern shore.Lake Thun's approximately 2,500 km² large catchment area frequently causes local flooding after heavy rainfalls...

(Thunersee) - 48.4 km²
Lake Biel
Lake Biel
Lake Biel or Lake Bienne is a lake in the west of Switzerland. Together with Lake Morat and Lake Neuchâtel, it is one of the three large lakes in the Jura region of Switzerland. It lies approximately at , at the language boundary between German & French speaking areas.The lake is 15 km long and up...

(Lac de Bienne, Bielersee) - 39.6 km²
Lake Zug (Zugersee) - 38.3 km²
Lake Brienz
Lake Brienz
Lake Brienz is a lake just north of the Alps, in the Canton of Berne in Switzerland. The lake took its name from the village Brienz on its northern shore. Interlaken and the villages Matten and Unterseen lie to the south west of the lake. The shores are steep, and there is almost no shallow water...

(Brienzersee) - 29.8 km²
Lake Walen
Lake Walen
Walensee is one of the larger lakes in Switzerland, for about 2/3 of its surface in the Canton of St. Gallen and for 1/3 in the Canton of Glarus. It is also known as Lake Walen or Lake Walenstadt, after Walenstadt. Other towns and villages at the lake include: Weesen, Quinten, Quarten, and Murg.The...

(or Walensee, Lake Walenstadt) - 24.1 km²
Lake Murten
Lake Murten
Lake Morat is a lake located in the cantons of Fribourg and Vaud in the west of Switzerland. It is named after the small town of Murten/Morat on its southern shore...

(Lac Morat, Murtensee) - 23.0 km²
Lake Sempach
Lake Sempach
Lake Sempach is a lake in the Canton of Lucerne, Switzerland. Its area is about 14.5 km² and its maximum depth is 87 m.-External links:* *http://www.sempachersee.ch Information about the municipalites on the lake* at Sempach...

(Sempachersee) - 14.36 km²
Sihlsee
Sihlsee
The Sihlsee is an artificial lake near Einsiedeln in the Canton of Schwyz, Switzerland.- Geography :...

(Sihlsee) - 10.72 km²
Lake Hallwil
Lake Hallwil
Lake Hallwil is a lake in the Canton of Aargau, Switzerland, located at . It lies mostly in the districts of Lenzburg and Kulm on the southern edge of the canton. The southern tip of the lake reaches into the canton of Luzern....

(Hallwilersee) - 10.21 km²

Lakes larger than 1 km²

Name		Local names	Sort	Canton(s), neighboring countries	Area in km²	Elevation m	max. depth in meter
Lake Geneva Lake Geneva Lake Geneva or Lake Léman is a lake in Switzerland and France. It is one of the largest lakes in Western Europe. 59.53 % of it comes under the jurisdiction of Switzerland , and 40.47 % under France...		Lac Léman, Lac de Genève	Geneva	Geneva Canton of Geneva The Republic and Canton of Geneva is the French speaking westernmost canton or state of Switzerland, surrounded on almost all sides by France. As is the case in several other Swiss cantons The Republic and Canton of Geneva is the French speaking westernmost canton or state of Switzerland,... , Vaud Vaud Vaud is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland and is located in Romandy, the French-speaking southwestern part of the country. The capital is Lausanne. The name of the Canton in Switzerland's other languages are Vaud in Italian , Waadt in German , and Vad in Romansh.-History:Along the lakes,... , Valais, France	580.03	372.0	310
Lake Constance Lake Constance Lake Constance is a lake on the Rhine at the northern foot of the Alps, and consists of three bodies of water: the Obersee , the Untersee , and a connecting stretch of the Rhine, called the Seerhein.The lake is situated in Germany, Switzerland and Austria near the Alps...		Bodensee	Constance	St. Gallen Canton of St. Gallen The Canton of St. Gallen is a canton of Switzerland. St. Gallen is located in the north east of Switzerland. It covers an area of 2,026 km², and has a population of . , the population included 97,461 foreigners, or about 20.9% of the total population. The capital is St. Gallen. Spelling... , Thurgau Thurgau Thurgau is a northeast canton of Switzerland. The population, , is . In 2007, there were a total of 47,390 who were resident foreigners. The capital is Frauenfeld.-History:... , Austria, Germany	536.00	395.6	252
Lake Neuchâtel Lake Neuchâtel Lake Neuchâtel is a lake in Romandy, Switzerland . The lake lies mainly in the canton of Neuchâtel, but is also shared by the cantons of Vaud, of Fribourg, and of Bern....		Lac de Neuchâtel, Neuenburgersee	Neuchâtel	Berne Canton of Berne The Canton of Bern is the second largest of the 26 Swiss cantons by both surface area and population. Located in west-central Switzerland, it borders the Canton of Jura and the Canton of Solothurn to the north. To the west lie the Canton of Neuchâtel, the Canton of Fribourg and Vaud. To the south... , Fribourg Canton of Fribourg The Canton of Fribourg is a canton of Switzerland. It is located in the west of the country. The capital of the canton is Fribourg. The name Fribourg is French, whereas is the German name for both the canton and the town.-History:... , Neuchâtel Canton of Neuchâtel Neuchâtel is a canton of French speaking western Switzerland. In 2007, its population was 169,782 of which 39,654 were foreigners. The capital is Neuchâtel.-History:... , Vaud Vaud Vaud is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland and is located in Romandy, the French-speaking southwestern part of the country. The capital is Lausanne. The name of the Canton in Switzerland's other languages are Vaud in Italian , Waadt in German , and Vad in Romansh.-History:Along the lakes,...	215.20	429.4	153
Lake Maggiore Lake Maggiore Lake Maggiore is a large lake located on the south side of the Alps. It is the second largest of Italy and largest of southern Switzerland. Lake Maggiore is the most westerly of the three great prealpine lakes of Italy, it extends for about 70 km between Locarno and Arona.The climate is mild...		Lago Maggiore	Maggiore	Ticino Ticino Canton Ticino or Ticino is the southernmost canton of Switzerland. Named after the Ticino river, it is the only canton in which Italian is the sole official language... , Italy	210.12	193.5	372
Lake Lucerne Lake Lucerne Lake Lucerne is a lake in central Switzerland and the fourth largest in the country.The lake has a complicated shape, with bends and arms reaching from the city of Lucerne into the mountains. It has a total area of 114 km² , an elevation of 434 m , and a maximum depth of 214 m . Its volume is 11.8...		Vierwaldstättersee	Lucerne	Lucerne Canton of Lucerne Lucerne is a canton of Switzerland. It is located in the centre of Switzerland. The population of the canton is . , the population included 57,268 foreigners, or about 15.8% of the total population. The cantonal capital is Lucerne.-History:... , Nidwalden Nidwalden Nidwalden is a canton of Switzerland. It is located in the centre of Switzerland. The population is 40,287 of which 4,046 are foreigners. The capital is Stans.-History:... , Obwalden Obwalden Obwalden is a canton of Switzerland. It is located in the centre of Switzerland. The population is 33,997 of which 4,043 are foreigners. Its capital is Sarnen. The canton contains the geographical centre of Switzerland.-History:... , Schwyz Canton of Schwyz Schwyz is a canton in central Switzerland between the Alps in the south, Lake Lucerne in the east and Lake Zurich in the north, centered around and named after the town of Schwyz.... , Uri Canton of Uri Uri is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland and a founding member of the Swiss Confederation. It is located in Central Switzerland. The canton's territory covers the valley of the Reuss River between Lake Lucerne and the St. Gotthard Pass. German is the primary language spoken in Uri...	113.72	433.6	214
Lake Zurich Lake Zurich Lake Zurich is a lake in Switzerland, extending southeast of the city of Zurich. It is also known as Lake Zürich and Lake of Zürich. It lies approximately at co-ordinates ....		Zürichsee	Zurich	St. Gallen Canton of St. Gallen The Canton of St. Gallen is a canton of Switzerland. St. Gallen is located in the north east of Switzerland. It covers an area of 2,026 km², and has a population of . , the population included 97,461 foreigners, or about 20.9% of the total population. The capital is St. Gallen. Spelling... , Schwyz Canton of Schwyz Schwyz is a canton in central Switzerland between the Alps in the south, Lake Lucerne in the east and Lake Zurich in the north, centered around and named after the town of Schwyz.... , Zurich Canton of Zürich The Canton of Zurich has a population of . The canton is located in the northeast of Switzerland and the city of Zurich is its capital. The official language is German, but people speak the local Swiss German dialect called Züritüütsch...	88.17	405.9	136
Lake Lugano Lake Lugano Lake Lugano is a glacial lake in the south-east of Switzerland, at the border between Switzerland and Italy. The lake, named after the city of Lugano, is situated between Lake Como and Lago Maggiore...		Ceresio, Lago di Lugano	Lugano	Ticino Ticino Canton Ticino or Ticino is the southernmost canton of Switzerland. Named after the Ticino river, it is the only canton in which Italian is the sole official language... , Italy	48.67	270.5	288
Lake Thun Lake Thun Lake Thun is an Alpine lake in the Bernese Oberland in Switzerland. It took its name from the city of Thun, on its northern shore.Lake Thun's approximately 2,500 km² large catchment area frequently causes local flooding after heavy rainfalls...		Thunersee	Thun	Berne Canton of Berne The Canton of Bern is the second largest of the 26 Swiss cantons by both surface area and population. Located in west-central Switzerland, it borders the Canton of Jura and the Canton of Solothurn to the north. To the west lie the Canton of Neuchâtel, the Canton of Fribourg and Vaud. To the south...	47.74	557.8	215
Lake Biel Lake Biel Lake Biel or Lake Bienne is a lake in the west of Switzerland. Together with Lake Morat and Lake Neuchâtel, it is one of the three large lakes in the Jura region of Switzerland. It lies approximately at , at the language boundary between German & French speaking areas.The lake is 15 km long and up...		Lac de Bienne, Bielersee	Biel/Bienne	Berne Canton of Berne The Canton of Bern is the second largest of the 26 Swiss cantons by both surface area and population. Located in west-central Switzerland, it borders the Canton of Jura and the Canton of Solothurn to the north. To the west lie the Canton of Neuchâtel, the Canton of Fribourg and Vaud. To the south... , Neuchâtel Canton of Neuchâtel Neuchâtel is a canton of French speaking western Switzerland. In 2007, its population was 169,782 of which 39,654 were foreigners. The capital is Neuchâtel.-History:...	39.51	429.1	74
Lake Zug		Zugersee	Zug	Lucerne Canton of Lucerne Lucerne is a canton of Switzerland. It is located in the centre of Switzerland. The population of the canton is . , the population included 57,268 foreigners, or about 15.8% of the total population. The cantonal capital is Lucerne.-History:... , Schwyz Canton of Schwyz Schwyz is a canton in central Switzerland between the Alps in the south, Lake Lucerne in the east and Lake Zurich in the north, centered around and named after the town of Schwyz.... , Zug Canton of Zug The Canton of Zug is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland. It is located in central Switzerland and its capital is Zug. With 239 km² the canton is one of the smallest of the cantons in terms of area. It is not subdivided into districts.- History :The earlier history of the canton is...	38.41	413.6	198
Lake Brienz Lake Brienz Lake Brienz is a lake just north of the Alps, in the Canton of Berne in Switzerland. The lake took its name from the village Brienz on its northern shore. Interlaken and the villages Matten and Unterseen lie to the south west of the lake. The shores are steep, and there is almost no shallow water...		Brienzersee	Brienz	Berne Canton of Berne The Canton of Bern is the second largest of the 26 Swiss cantons by both surface area and population. Located in west-central Switzerland, it borders the Canton of Jura and the Canton of Solothurn to the north. To the west lie the Canton of Neuchâtel, the Canton of Fribourg and Vaud. To the south...	29.81	563.7	260
Lake Walen Lake Walen Walensee is one of the larger lakes in Switzerland, for about 2/3 of its surface in the Canton of St. Gallen and for 1/3 in the Canton of Glarus. It is also known as Lake Walen or Lake Walenstadt, after Walenstadt. Other towns and villages at the lake include: Weesen, Quinten, Quarten, and Murg.The...		Walensee	Walen	Glarus Canton of Glarus The Canton of Glarus is a canton in east central Switzerland. The capital is Glarus.The population speaks a variety of Alemannic German.The majority of the population identifies as Christian, about evenly split between the Protestant and Catholic confessions.-History:According to legend, the... , St. Gallen Canton of St. Gallen The Canton of St. Gallen is a canton of Switzerland. St. Gallen is located in the north east of Switzerland. It covers an area of 2,026 km², and has a population of . , the population included 97,461 foreigners, or about 20.9% of the total population. The capital is St. Gallen. Spelling...	24.16	419.0	150
Lake Murten Lake Murten Lake Morat is a lake located in the cantons of Fribourg and Vaud in the west of Switzerland. It is named after the small town of Murten/Morat on its southern shore...		Murtensee, Lac de Morat	Murten	Fribourg Canton of Fribourg The Canton of Fribourg is a canton of Switzerland. It is located in the west of the country. The capital of the canton is Fribourg. The name Fribourg is French, whereas is the German name for both the canton and the town.-History:... , Vaud Vaud Vaud is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland and is located in Romandy, the French-speaking southwestern part of the country. The capital is Lausanne. The name of the Canton in Switzerland's other languages are Vaud in Italian , Waadt in German , and Vad in Romansh.-History:Along the lakes,...	22.80	429.2	46
Lake Sempach Lake Sempach Lake Sempach is a lake in the Canton of Lucerne, Switzerland. Its area is about 14.5 km² and its maximum depth is 87 m.-External links:* http://www.sempachersee.ch Information about the municipalites on the lake at Sempach...		Sempachersee	Sempach	Lucerne Canton of Lucerne Lucerne is a canton of Switzerland. It is located in the centre of Switzerland. The population of the canton is . , the population included 57,268 foreigners, or about 15.8% of the total population. The cantonal capital is Lucerne.-History:...	14.36	503.8	87
Sihlsee Sihlsee The Sihlsee is an artificial lake near Einsiedeln in the Canton of Schwyz, Switzerland.- Geography :...		Sihlsee	Sihl	Schwyz Canton of Schwyz Schwyz is a canton in central Switzerland between the Alps in the south, Lake Lucerne in the east and Lake Zurich in the north, centered around and named after the town of Schwyz....	10.72	889	23
Lake Hallwil Lake Hallwil Lake Hallwil is a lake in the Canton of Aargau, Switzerland, located at . It lies mostly in the districts of Lenzburg and Kulm on the southern edge of the canton. The southern tip of the lake reaches into the canton of Luzern....		Hallwilersee	Hallwil	Aargau Aargau Aargau is one of the more northerly cantons of Switzerland. It comprises the lower course of the river Aare, which is why the canton is called Aar-gau .-History:... , Lucerne Canton of Lucerne Lucerne is a canton of Switzerland. It is located in the centre of Switzerland. The population of the canton is . , the population included 57,268 foreigners, or about 15.8% of the total population. The cantonal capital is Lucerne.-History:...	10.21	448.7	47
Lac de la Gruyère Lac de la Gruyère Lake of Gruyère is a lake in the La Gruyère region of the Canton of Fribourg, Switzerland.The reservoir was formed between the cities of Bulle and Fribourg, by building the Rossens Dam on the Sarine river in 1948. The arch dam has a height of 83 m and a crest length of 320 m. The reservoir filled...	↑	Lac de la Gruyère	Gruyère	Fribourg Canton of Fribourg The Canton of Fribourg is a canton of Switzerland. It is located in the west of the country. The capital of the canton is Fribourg. The name Fribourg is French, whereas is the German name for both the canton and the town.-History:...	9.60	677	75
Lac de Joux Lac de Joux Lac de Joux is a lake in the Vallée de Joux in the Canton of Vaud, Switzerland.-External links:* at Le Pont... and Lac Brenet Lac Brenet Lac Brenet is a lake in the Vallée de Joux, canton of Vaud, Switzerland. It is located north of the Lac de Joux, only 200 meters away. Its elevation of 1002 meters is 2 meters below that of Lac de Joux....	*	Lac de Joux and Lac Brenet	Joux	Vaud Vaud Vaud is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland and is located in Romandy, the French-speaking southwestern part of the country. The capital is Lausanne. The name of the Canton in Switzerland's other languages are Vaud in Italian , Waadt in German , and Vad in Romansh.-History:Along the lakes,...	9.56	1004	34
Greifensee Greifensee Greifensee is a small lake in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.- Geography :Lake Greifen is located to the northeast of the city of Zurich, separated by the Pfannenstiel from Lake Zürich...		Greifensee	Greifensee	Zurich Canton of Zürich The Canton of Zurich has a population of . The canton is located in the northeast of Switzerland and the city of Zurich is its capital. The official language is German, but people speak the local Swiss German dialect called Züritüütsch...	8.17	435.1	34
Lake Sarnen		Sarnersee	Sarnen	Obwalden Obwalden Obwalden is a canton of Switzerland. It is located in the centre of Switzerland. The population is 33,997 of which 4,043 are foreigners. Its capital is Sarnen. The canton contains the geographical centre of Switzerland.-History:...	7.38	468.4	52
Ägerisee Ägerisee Ägerisee is a glacial lake in the Canton of Zug, Switzerland. The two municipalities along its shore are Oberägeri and Unterägeri. The main tributary is the Hüribach; the Lorze river drains the Ägerisee...		Ägerisee	Aegeri	Zug Canton of Zug The Canton of Zug is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland. It is located in central Switzerland and its capital is Zug. With 239 km² the canton is one of the smallest of the cantons in terms of area. It is not subdivided into districts.- History :The earlier history of the canton is...	7.25	723.9	82
Lake Baldegg Lake Baldegg Lake Baldegg is a lake in the Canton of Lucerne, Switzerland. Its area is about 5.2 km² and its maximum depth is 66 m.-External links:* at Gelfingen...		Baldeggersee	Baldegg	Lucerne Canton of Lucerne Lucerne is a canton of Switzerland. It is located in the centre of Switzerland. The population of the canton is . , the population included 57,268 foreigners, or about 15.8% of the total population. The cantonal capital is Lucerne.-History:...	5.24	463.0	66
Lago di Livigno Lago di Livigno Lago di Livigno or Lago del Gallo is a reservoir in the Livigno valley. The lake is mostly in Italy whereas the Punt dal Gall arch dam is crossed by the border with Switzerland .The lake's surface area is 4.71 km²....	↑	Lago di Livigno	Livignio	Italy, Grisons Graubünden Graubünden or Grisons is the largest and easternmost canton of Switzerland. The canton shares borders with the cantons of Ticino, Uri, Glarus and St. Gallen and international borders with Italy, Austria and Liechtenstein...	4.71	1805	119
Schiffenensee Schiffenensee Schiffenensee is an artificial lake formed by a barrage of the Saane/Sarine river in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland. The barrages at Schiffenen were completed in 1963....	↑	Schiffenensee, Lac de Schiffenen	Schiffenen	Fribourg Canton of Fribourg The Canton of Fribourg is a canton of Switzerland. It is located in the west of the country. The capital of the canton is Fribourg. The name Fribourg is French, whereas is the German name for both the canton and the town.-History:...	4.25	532	38
Wägitalersee Wägitalersee Wägitalersee is an artificial lake in Wägital, a valley in the canton of Schwyz, Switzerland. The lake is surrounded by the mountains Gross Aubrig, Fluebrig, Zindlenspitz, Brünnelistock and Bockmattli. The reservoir is located in the municipalitiy of Innerthal....	↑	Wägitalersee	Waegital	Schwyz Canton of Schwyz Schwyz is a canton in central Switzerland between the Alps in the south, Lake Lucerne in the east and Lake Zurich in the north, centered around and named after the town of Schwyz....	4.18	900	65
Lago di Lei Lago di Lei Lago di Lei is a reservoir in the Valle di Lei. The lake is almost entirely located in Italy, but the barrage was built on territory later assigned to Switzerland...	↑	Lago di Lei	Lei	Italy, Grisons Graubünden Graubünden or Grisons is the largest and easternmost canton of Switzerland. The canton shares borders with the cantons of Ticino, Uri, Glarus and St. Gallen and international borders with Italy, Austria and Liechtenstein...	4.12	1931	133
Lake Sils Lake Sils Lake Sils is a lake in the Upper Engadine valley, Grisons, Switzerland. It takes its name from the village of Sils im Engadin.The wooded Chasté peninsula extends into the lake at its north-eastern end...		Silsersee, Lej da Segl	Sils	Grisons Graubünden Graubünden or Grisons is the largest and easternmost canton of Switzerland. The canton shares borders with the cantons of Ticino, Uri, Glarus and St. Gallen and international borders with Italy, Austria and Liechtenstein...	4.1	1797	71
Lac des Dix Grande Dixence Dam The Grande Dixence Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the Dixence River at the head of the Val d'Hérens in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. At high, it is the tallest gravity dam in the world and is part of the Cleuson-Dixence Complex...	↑	Lac des Dix	Dix	Valais Valais The Valais is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland in the southwestern part of the country, around the valley of the Rhône from its headwaters to Lake Geneva, separating the Pennine Alps from the Bernese Alps. The canton is one of the drier parts of Switzerland in its central Rhône valley...	3.65	2365	227
Lake Wohlen Lake Wohlen Lake Wohlen is a reservoir in the Canton of Berne, Switzerland. Its surface is approximately 3.65 km² and its maximum depth is 20 m. It lies between the towns of Bremgarten bei Bern and Mühleberg. Lake Wohlen was completed in 1920....	↑	Wohlensee	Wohlen	Berne Canton of Berne The Canton of Bern is the second largest of the 26 Swiss cantons by both surface area and population. Located in west-central Switzerland, it borders the Canton of Jura and the Canton of Solothurn to the north. To the west lie the Canton of Neuchâtel, the Canton of Fribourg and Vaud. To the south...	3.65	480	20
Pfäffikersee Pfäffikersee Pfäffikersee is a lake in the canton of Zurich, Switzerland, near the town of Pfäffikon. It is 2.5 km long and 1.3 km wide at the middle. The lake was created in the last ice age when a moraine blocked off the ability for the lake to empty north towards Winterthur...		Pfäffikersee	Pfäffikersee	Zurich Canton of Zürich The Canton of Zurich has a population of . The canton is located in the northeast of Switzerland and the city of Zurich is its capital. The official language is German, but people speak the local Swiss German dialect called Züritüütsch...	3.3	536	35
Klöntalersee Klöntalersee Klöntalersee is a natural lake in the Canton of Glarus, Switzerland. Since 1908, it has been used as a reservoir for electricity production. The dam's construction substantially increased the lake's volume....	↑	Klöntalersee	Klöntalersee	Glarus Canton of Glarus The Canton of Glarus is a canton in east central Switzerland. The capital is Glarus.The population speaks a variety of Alemannic German.The majority of the population identifies as Christian, about evenly split between the Protestant and Catholic confessions.-History:According to legend, the...	3.29	847	47
Lac d'Emosson Lac d'Emosson Lac d'Emosson is a reservoir in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. It is located in the municipalities of Salvan and Finhaut. The closest major city in Switzerland is Martigny. The lake has a surface area of 3.27 km² and an elevation of 1,930 m. The maximum depth is 161 m.The first dam of Emosson...	↑	Lac d'Emosson	Emosson	Valais Valais The Valais is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland in the southwestern part of the country, around the valley of the Rhône from its headwaters to Lake Geneva, separating the Pennine Alps from the Bernese Alps. The canton is one of the drier parts of Switzerland in its central Rhône valley...	3.27	1930	161
Lake Silvaplana Lake Silvaplana Lake Silvaplana is a lake in the Upper-Engadine valley of Grisons, Switzerland. It takes its name from the village of Silvaplana. The lake is also connected to the nearby Lej da Champfèr....		Silvaplanersee, Lej da Silvaplauna	Silvaplana	Grisons Graubünden Graubünden or Grisons is the largest and easternmost canton of Switzerland. The canton shares borders with the cantons of Ticino, Uri, Glarus and St. Gallen and international borders with Italy, Austria and Liechtenstein...	3.1	1790	77
Lake Lauerz Lake Lauerz Lake Lauerz is a lake in the Canton of Schwyz, Switzerland. Its area is about 3 km² and its maximum depth is 13 m. There are two small islands in the lake ....		Lauerzersee	Lauerz	Schwyz Canton of Schwyz Schwyz is a canton in central Switzerland between the Alps in the south, Lake Lucerne in the east and Lake Zurich in the north, centered around and named after the town of Schwyz....	3.1	447	14
Grimselsee Grimselsee Grimselsee or Lake Grimsel is an artificial lake near Grimsel pass in the Canton of Berne, Switzerland. With a volume of 95 mio m³, it is larger than other hydroelectric reservoirs in the region: Oberaarsee, Räterichsbodensee and Gelmersee. The dam was completed in 1932 and is operated by...	↑	Grimselsee	Grimsel	Berne Canton of Berne The Canton of Bern is the second largest of the 26 Swiss cantons by both surface area and population. Located in west-central Switzerland, it borders the Canton of Jura and the Canton of Solothurn to the north. To the west lie the Canton of Neuchâtel, the Canton of Fribourg and Vaud. To the south...	2.63	1908	100
Lungerersee Lungerersee The Lungerersee is a small natural lake in Obwalden, Switzerland which is named after the town Lungern on its shore. It is used as reservoir....	*	Lungerersee	Lungerersee	Obwalden Obwalden Obwalden is a canton of Switzerland. It is located in the centre of Switzerland. The population is 33,997 of which 4,043 are foreigners. Its capital is Sarnen. The canton contains the geographical centre of Switzerland.-History:...	2.01	688	68
Lac de Mauvoisin Lac de Mauvoisin Lac de Mauvoisin is a lake in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. The reservoir is formed by the Mauvoisin Dam, which is 250 m high. The dam is currently the 13th highest in the world, and the third highest arch dam. It was built in 1951–1957, and raised by 13.5 m in 1991. The reservoir lies...	↑	Lac de Mauvoisin	Mauvoisin	Valais Valais The Valais is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland in the southwestern part of the country, around the valley of the Rhône from its headwaters to Lake Geneva, separating the Pennine Alps from the Bernese Alps. The canton is one of the drier parts of Switzerland in its central Rhône valley...	2.08	1961	180
Lago di Poschiavo Lago di Poschiavo Lago di Poschiavo is a natural lake in the Poschiavo valley in the canton of Grisons, Switzerland. The lake with a volume of 120 mio m³ is used as a reservoir....	*	Lago di Poschiavo	Poschiavo	Grisons	1.98	962	85
Lai da Sontga Maria Lai da Sontga Maria Lai da Sontga Maria is a lake near the Lukmanier Pass in the municipality of Medel , Grisons, Switzerland. The reservoir has a surface area is 1.77 km². The arch dam Santa Maria was completed in 1968....	↑	Lai da Sontga Maria	St. Maria	Grisons	1.77	1908	86
Mattmarksee Mattmarksee Mattmarksee is a reservoir in the Saas Valley of the Canton of Valais, Switzerland. The Mattmark dam was built from 1960-1965. The lake's surface area is 1.76 km².-External links:* *...	↑	Mattmarksee	Mattmark	Valais Valais The Valais is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland in the southwestern part of the country, around the valley of the Rhône from its headwaters to Lake Geneva, separating the Pennine Alps from the Bernese Alps. The canton is one of the drier parts of Switzerland in its central Rhône valley...	1.76	2197	93
Lago di Vogorno Lago di Vogorno Lago di Vogorno is a lake near Tenero, in Ticino, Switzerland. The reservoir on the Verzasca river is formed by the Verzasca Dam, built 1961-1965. The water surface area is 1.68 km²....	↑	Lago di Vogorno	Vogorno	Ticino Ticino Canton Ticino or Ticino is the southernmost canton of Switzerland. Named after the Ticino river, it is the only canton in which Italian is the sole official language...	1.68	470	204
Lac de Salanfe Lac de Salanfe \| lake_name = Lac de Salanfe \| image_lake = Lac de Salanfe.jpg \| caption_lake = \| image_bathymetry = \| caption_bathymetry = \| location = Valais \| coords = \| type = \| inflow = \| outflow = \| catchment = 18.4 km² \| basin_countries = Switzerland...	↑	Lac de Salanfe	Salanfe	Valais Valais The Valais is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland in the southwestern part of the country, around the valley of the Rhône from its headwaters to Lake Geneva, separating the Pennine Alps from the Bernese Alps. The canton is one of the drier parts of Switzerland in its central Rhône valley...	1.62	1925	48
Zervreilasee Zervreilasee Zervreilasee is a reservoir near Vals in the canton of Grisons, Switzerland. The lake has a surface area of 1.61 km² and an elevation of 1,862 m. The maximum depth is 140 m....	↑	Zervreilasee	Zervreila	Grisons	1.61	1862	140
Lac de l'Hongrin Lac de l'Hongrin Lac de l'Hongrin is a lake in Vaud, Switzerland. The reservoir with a surface area of 1.60 km² is located in the municipalities of Château-d'Œx and Ormont-Dessous. The two arch dams Hongrin Nord and Hongrin Sud were completed in 1969....	↑	Lac de l'Hongrin	Hongrin	Vaud Vaud Vaud is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland and is located in Romandy, the French-speaking southwestern part of the country. The capital is Lausanne. The name of the Canton in Switzerland's other languages are Vaud in Italian , Waadt in German , and Vad in Romansh.-History:Along the lakes,...	1.60	1255	105
Lago Bianco Lago Bianco Lago Bianco is a lake at the Bernina pass in the Grisons, Switzerland. Its surface area is 1.50 km². The current reservoir was formed by the two dams Scala and Arlas on the site of two natural lakes ....	*	Lago Bianco	Bianco	Grisons	1.50	2234	53
Lago Ritom Lago Ritom Lago Ritom is a small lake in the Piora valley, Ticino, Switzerland. The natural lake is used as a reservoir by the Swiss Federal Railways to generate hydro-electric power for the Gotthard line. The first dam was built in 1918 and, in 1950, its height was increased by 23 m.The lake can be reached...	*	Lago Ritom	Ritom	Ticino Ticino Canton Ticino or Ticino is the southernmost canton of Switzerland. Named after the Ticino river, it is the only canton in which Italian is the sole official language...	1.49	1850	69
Oberaarsee Oberaarsee Oberaarsee is a reservoir in the Grimsel area, part of the municipality of Guttannen, Switzerland. The Oberaar glacier is located west of the lake. Its surface area is 1.47 km². The Oberaar dam was completed in 1953....	↑	Oberaarsee	Oberaar	Berne Canton of Berne The Canton of Bern is the second largest of the 26 Swiss cantons by both surface area and population. Located in west-central Switzerland, it borders the Canton of Jura and the Canton of Solothurn to the north. To the west lie the Canton of Neuchâtel, the Canton of Fribourg and Vaud. To the south...	1.47	2303	90
Lai da Marmorera Lai da Marmorera Lai da Marmorera is a reservoir in the Grisons, Switzerland. It is part of the Parc Ela nature park.The lake with a surface area of 1.41 km² formed after the completion of the Marmorera dam in 1954 when the old village of Marmorera was flooded. The village was rebuilt above the lake.The lake is...	↑	Lai da Marmorera	Marmorera	Grisons	1.41	1680	65
Lac de Moiry Lac de Moiry thumb\|left\|Map of the lakeLac de Moiry is a reservoir in the municipality of Grimentz, Switzerland. The lake has a surface area of 1.40 km² and an elevation of 2,249 m. The maximum depth is 120 m.The dam is 148 m high and was completed in 1958....	↑	Lac de Moiry	Moiry	Valais Valais The Valais is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland in the southwestern part of the country, around the valley of the Rhône from its headwaters to Lake Geneva, separating the Pennine Alps from the Bernese Alps. The canton is one of the drier parts of Switzerland in its central Rhône valley...	1.40	2249	120
Limmernsee Limmernsee Limmernsee is a reservoir in the Canton of Glarus, Switzerland, between the peaks of Muttenchopf , Selbsanft and Kistenstöckli . It may be reached by aerial tramway or by foot from Linthal....	↑	Limmernsee	Limmern	Glarus Canton of Glarus The Canton of Glarus is a canton in east central Switzerland. The capital is Glarus.The population speaks a variety of Alemannic German.The majority of the population identifies as Christian, about evenly split between the Protestant and Catholic confessions.-History:According to legend, the...	1.36	1857	122
Göscheneralpsee Göscheneralpsee Göscheneralpsee is a lake in the municipality of Göschenen, Canton of Uri, Switzerland. The volume of the reservoir is 76 mio m³ and its surface area 1.32 km².-External links:*...	↑	Göscheneralpsee	Göscheneralp	Uri Canton of Uri Uri is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland and a founding member of the Swiss Confederation. It is located in Central Switzerland. The canton's territory covers the valley of the Reuss River between Lake Lucerne and the St. Gotthard Pass. German is the primary language spoken in Uri...	1.32	1792	106
Lago di Luzzone Lago di Luzzone Lago di Luzzone is a lake in Ticino, Switzerland. The reservoir has a volume of 108 million m³ and a surface area of 1.27 km². It is located in the upper Blenio valley, on the territory of the municipalities of Ghirone and Aquila....	↑	Lago di Luzzone	Luzzone	Ticino Ticino Canton Ticino or Ticino is the southernmost canton of Switzerland. Named after the Ticino river, it is the only canton in which Italian is the sole official language...	1.27	1606	181
Klingnauer Stausee	↑	Klingnauer Stausee	Klingnau	Aargau Aargau Aargau is one of the more northerly cantons of Switzerland. It comprises the lower course of the river Aare, which is why the canton is called Aar-gau .-History:...	1.16	318	8.5
Albigna lake Albigna lake Albigna Lake is a reservoir in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. It is located in the municipality of Vicosoprano at an elevation of 2,163 m on the southwest side of the Bregaglia valley, northeast of Pizzo Cacciabella. The lake has a surface area of 1.13 km²...	↑	Lago da l'Albigna Lägh da l'Albigna	Albigna	Grisons	1.13	2163	108
Oeschinen Lake Oeschinen Lake Oeschinen Lake is a lake in the Bernese Oberland, Switzerland, east of Kandersteg in the Oeschinen valley. At an elevation of , it has a surface area of . Its maximum depth is ....	↑	Oeschinensee	Oeschinen	Berne Canton of Berne The Canton of Bern is the second largest of the 26 Swiss cantons by both surface area and population. Located in west-central Switzerland, it borders the Canton of Jura and the Canton of Solothurn to the north. To the west lie the Canton of Neuchâtel, the Canton of Fribourg and Vaud. To the south...	1.11	1578	56
Lago del Sambuco Lago del Sambuco Lago del Sambuco is a reservoir above Fusio, in the municipality of Lavizzara, Ticino, Switzerland. Its surface area is 1.11 km². The dam of Sambuco on the Maggia River was completed in 1956. Its maximum height is 130 m and length 363 m....	↑	Lago del Sambuco	Sambuco	Ticino Ticino Canton Ticino or Ticino is the southernmost canton of Switzerland. Named after the Ticino river, it is the only canton in which Italian is the sole official language...	1.11	1461	124

Notes:

↑ artificial lakes

* natural lakes used as reservoirs

Lakes smaller than 1 km²

Alplersee
Alplersee
Alplersee is a lake on the slopes of the Rophaien mountain near Riemenstalden and Sisikon in the Canton of Uri, Switzerland.There is another lake in the canton of Uri with the same name near Unterschächen.-External links:*...
Lago d'Alzasca
Lago d'Alzasca
Lago d'Alzasca is a lake in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland. Its surface area is 0.1 km²....
Amsoldingersee
Amsoldingersee
Amsoldingersee is small lake adjacent to the town of Amsoldingen, in the Upper Gürbetal. It is located near the city of Thun, Switzerland. The lake has a surface area of 38 hectares and a maximum length of 1.1 km and width of 500 m. The maximum depth is 14 m. It is fed by Rotmoos-Bach from...
Arnensee
Arnensee
Arnensee is a lake in Canton of Berne, Switzerland. The lake in the municipality of Gsteig is used as a reservoir by Romande Energie. The dam was built in 1942. Its volume is 10.5 mio m³ and surface area 0.456 km²....
Arnisee
Arnisee
Arnisee is a lake in the Canton of Uri, Switzerland. The reservoir can be reached by gondola lift from Amsteg and Intschi....
Lac des Audannes
Lac des Audannes
Lac des Audannes is a lake in the Canton of Valais, Switzerland....
Lac des Autannes
Lac des Autannes
Lac des Autannes is a lake above Grimentz in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. The reservoir has a surface area of 3.3 ha. It is located at an elevation of 2686 m....
Bachalpsee
Bachalpsee
Bachalpsee or Bachse is a lake with an area of close to the First above Grindelwald in the Bernese Oberland, Switzerland. The lake, located at an elevation of , is split by a natural dam, the smaller part of the lake being lower....
Bannalpsee
Bannalpsee
Bannalpsee is a lake in Nidwalden, Switzerland. Its surface area is 16 ha. The construction of the reservoir was decided in 1934 and completed in 1937. The reservoir is operated by Elektrizitätswerk Nidwalden.-External links:**Fabienne Künzli:...
Baslerweiher
Baslerweiher
Baslerweiher is an artificial pond in Seewen, Canton of Solothurn, Switzerland. Its dam was built in 1870 to supply water to Basel.-External links:* Tourism information...
Bellacher Weiher
Bellacher Weiher
Bellacher Weiher is a small lake at Bellach in the Canton of Solothurn, Switzerland. Its surface area is 3.3 ha. The pond was formed in 1548. Lake and surroundings are a nature preserve....
Bettenauer Weiher
Bettenauer Weiher
Bettenauer Weiher is a lake between Jonschwil and Oberuzwil in the Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland. The lake formed in the 15th century when a dam was built for a fish pond....
Bettmersee
Bettmersee
Bettmersee is a lake above Bettmeralp in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. Its surface area of 5.5 ha is located at an elevation of 2006 m....
Bichelsee
Bichelsee (lake)
Bichelsee is a lake in the canton of Thurgau, Switzerland. The village of Bichelsee in the municipality Bichelsee-Balterswil is named after the lake. Of the surface of 0.092 km², 5/6 are located in the canton of Thurgau, the reminder in the canton of Zurich....
Blausee
Blausee
Blausee is a small lake in the Kander valley above Kandergrund at 887 m, near the river Kander. Administratively, it belongs to the Bernese Oberland. The lake has an area of 0.64 ha. The lake can be reached by bus from the train stations of Frutigen or Kandersteg. It is a popular tourist...
Bommer Weiher
Bommer Weiher
Bommer Weiher is a lake near Alterswilen in the municipality of Kemmental, Canton of Thurgau, Switzerland. Its surface area is 0.15 km²....
Etangs de Bonfol
Etangs de Bonfol
Etangs de Bonfol are a series of ponds at Bonfol in the Canton of Jura, Switzerland. The main ponds are named "étang du Milieu" and "Neuf-Etang". They are separated by a dam.Since 1962, the étangs de Bonfol are a nature preserve...
Bonigersee
Bonigersee
Boningersee is a lake at Törbel in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. Its surface area is 0.9 ha. The raised bog is listed in the Federal Inventory of Raised and Transitional Bogs of National Importance and the Federal Inventory of Amphibian Spawning Areas....
Bortelsee
Bortelsee
Bortelsee is a reservoir in the municipality of Brig in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. Its dam was built in 1989.-External links:**...
Lac des Brenets
Lac des Brenets
Lac des Brenets or Lac de Chaillexon is a lake on the Doubs River on the border of Switzerland and France.-External links:* at Les Brenets...
Lac de Bret
Lac de Bret
Lac de Bret is a lake in the municipality of Puidoux, in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland. It is located north of Lake Geneva. The natural lake is used as a drinking water reservoir for the city of Lausanne. The first dam was built 1875 to supply water for the Lausanne-Ouchy funicular.-External...
Bristensee
Bristensee
Bristensee is a lake in the Canton of Uri, Switzerland. It is located below the mountain Bristen and above the village of Bristen....
Burgäschisee
Burgäschisee
Burgäschisee is a lake near Aeschi in Switzerland, on the border of the cantons of Berne and Solothurn. The lake has a surface of 21 ha and a maximum depth of 36 m.In 1941 and 1943, the waterlevel was lowered by 2 m. The current surface elevation is 465 m....
Burgseeli
Burgseeli
Burgseeli is a lake in the Canton of Berne, Switzerland. Its surface area is 5.25 ha. It is located between Ringgenberg and Goldswil on the northern shore of Lake Brienz....
Lake Cadagno
Lake Cadagno
Lake Cadagno is a meromictic lake in the Piora valley , Switzerland. As one of a few meromictic lakes in Europe, it is the object of numerous scientific studies...
Lago di Cama
Lago di Cama
Lago di Cama is a lake in the Cama valley, a side valley of Val Mesolcina in the Grisons, Switzerland....
Canovasee
Canovasee
Canovasee is a lake in Paspels, Grisons, Switzerland.In 2004, the "First Love, Last Rites" was filmed at the lake.-External links:*...
Caumasee
Caumasee
Caumasee is a lake near Flims, in the Grisons, Switzerland. It is one of the lakes on the Flims Rockslide deposits. The lake is fed from underground sources...
Lago dei Cavagnöö
Lago dei Cavagnöö
Lago dei Cavagnöö is a lake in the municipality of Bignasco, Ticino, Switzerland. Its surface area is 0.46 km².The arch dam Cavagnoli has a height 111 m. It was completed in 1968....
Lägh da Cavloc
Lägh da Cavloc
Lägh da Cavloc is a lake near Maloja Pass in the Val Forno, Grisons, Switzerland.Lago di Cavloccio was painted by Giovanni Giacometti in 1922....
Lac de Champex
Lac de Champex
Lac de Champex is a lake in Valais, Switzerland. Its surface area is 0.11 km². On the shores lies the village of Champex....
Chapfensee
Chapfensee
Chapfensee is a lake at Mels, Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland. The area around the lake is a nature preserve.The reservoir was built in 1946/1947 and used to generate power at the plant Plons.-External links:* *...
Lac des Chavonnes
Lac des Chavonnes
Lac des Chavonnes is a lake in the municipality of Ormont-Dessous, above Villars-sur-Ollon, Vaud, Switzerland. Its surface area is 5 ha.-External links:*...
Lac de Chermignon
Lac de Chermignon
Lac de Chermignon is a reservoir in the municipality of Lens, in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. The lake has a surface area of 2.1 ha and a volume of 130,000 m³....
Chüebodensee
Chüebodensee
Chüebodensee is a lake above Elm in the Canton of Glarus, Switzerland. Its surface area is 1.4 ha.Swimming and fishing are allowed. There are about 8 km of well established trails around the lake...
Lac de Cleuson
Lac de Cleuson
Lac de Cleuson is a reservoir in the municipality of Nendaz, Valais, Switzerland. Its surface area is 0.51 km². Water from the reservoir is often pumped into the Grande Dixence Dam's reservoir, Lac des Dix, for use in hydroelectricity production....
Lac Coffy
Lac Coffy
Lac Coffy is a lake between Bettens and Boussens in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland. It surface area is 1.2 ha. The artificial lake was created in 1972. The site is listed in the Federal Inventory of Amphibian Spawning Areas....
Crestasee
Crestasee
Crestasee is a small lake shared by the municipalities of Flims and Trin in the Grisons, Switzerland. From 1892 a guest house on its northern end served as pension and still is a restaurant today in its original state....
Lake Cristallina
Lake Cristallina
Lake Cristallina is a lake in the canton Ticino, Switzerland. Its surface area is 0.75 ha....
Lago della Crosa
Lago della Crosa
Lago della Crosa or rather Laghi della Crosa are a pair of lakes in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland. The upper Lago della Crosa, located at an elevation of 2153 m, has a surface area of 0.17 km². The lower lake, at an elevation of 2116 m, has an area of 7 ha....
Lai da Curnera
Lai da Curnera
Lai da Curnera is a reservoir in the municipality of Tujetsch, in the Grisons, Switzerland. The reservoir is linked to Lai da Sontga Maria and Lai da Nalps in the neighboring valley...
Daubensee
Daubensee
Daubensee is a lake at Gemmi Pass in Valais, Switzerland. It has a surface area of 0.69 km²....
Lake Davos
Lake Davos
Lake Davos is a small natural lake at Davos, Switzerland. Its surface area is 0.59 km² and the maximum depth is 54 m. Fed by Flüelabach, Totalpbach and other mountain creeks, the lake is used as a hydropower reservoir, its water no longer flows to the Landwasser River but is channeled into the...
Lac de Derborence
Lac de Derborence
Lac de Derborence is a mountain lake in the municipality of Conthey, Valais, Switzerland, located near the hamlet of Derborence. It was formed after rockfalls on 24 September 1714 and 23 June 1749. In 1749, an estimated 50 mio m³ of rocks blocked the course of the Derbonne river and lead to the...
Distelsee
Distelsee
Distelsee is a high alpine lake in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. It is located at an elevation of 2587 m, below Brudelhorn. Its surface area is 4.8 ha....
Dittligsee
Dittligsee
Dittligsee is a lake in the Canton of Berne, Switzerland, near Blumenstein and Wattenwil. Its surface area is 6.02 ha....
Egelsee (Aargau)
Egelsee (Aargau)
Egelsee is a lake at Bergdietikon, Aargau, Switzerland. Its surface area is 2 ha. It is the largest natural lake in the canton....
Egelsee (Berne)
Egelsee (Berne)
Egelsee or Egelmösli is a lake in the City of Berne, Switzerland. Its surface area is 1.52 ha. The lake is part of a park that stretches to the Paul Klee Zentrum. In some years, it freezes sufficiently to allow ice skating.-External links:* *...
Egelsee (Bubikon)
Egelsee (Bubikon)
Egelsee is a lake in the municipality of Bubikon in the Canton of Zurich, Switzerland. Its surface area is 4.3 ha.-External links:*...
Engstlensee
Engstlensee
Engstlensee is a natural lake used as a reservoir in the municipality of Innertkirchen, Bernese Oberland, Switzerland. It is located near Joch Pass at an elevation of 1850 m. It can be reached by gondola and by foot from Titlis....
Fälensee
Fälensee
Fälensee is a lake in the Alpstein range of the canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden, Switzerland. At an elevation of 1446 m, the surface area is 0.12 km². It is located in a narrow valley between Hundsteingrat and Roslen-Saxer First....
Stausee Ferden
Stausee Ferden
Stausee Ferden is a reservoir on the Lonza river at Ferden, Valais, Switzerland. Its surface area is 0.106 km²....
Flachsee
Flachsee
Flachsee is an artificial lake on the Reuss River at Rottenschwil, south of Bremgarten in the Aargau region of Switzerland. The reservoir was formed after the construction of the dam in 1975 at Bremgarten-Zufikon. The lake's surface area is 0.72 km²....
Lac de Fully
Lac de Fully
Lac de Fully is a reservoir in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. The lake's surface area is 0.21 km².-External links:* profile...
Garichtisee
Garichtisee
Garichtisee is a reservoir on Mettmenalp above Schwanden in the Canton of Glarus, Switzerland. The lake's surface area is 0.16 km²....
Gebidumsee
Gebidumsee
Gebidumsee is a lake near Gebidum Pass in the municipality of Visperterminen, Valais, Switzerland.It is not to be confused with the Stausee Gibidum, a reservoir....
Geisspfadsee
Geisspfadsee
Geisspfadsee is a lake in Valais, Switzerland. Its surface area is 0.18 km². The lake is located in the municipality of Binn, at an elevation of 2439 m. It drains into Züesee . The nearby border to Italy can be crossed at two mountain passes: Geisspfadpass and Grampielpass ....
Geistsee
Geistsee
Geistsee is a lake at Längenbühl in the Canton of Berne, Switzerland. Its surface area is 0.95 ha. The lake is private property and not accessible by the public....
Gelmersee
Gelmersee
Gelmersee is a lake in Bernese Oberland, Switzerland. The hydroelectric reservoir was built at the same time as Grimselsee. The reservoir's volume is 13 million m³ and its surface area 0.645 km²....
Lac de Géronde
Lac de Géronde
Lac de Géronde is a lake at Sierre, Valais, Switzerland. Besides the main lake, there is a "petit lac" close by....
Gerzensee
Gerzensee (lake)
Gerzensee is a lake in Canton of Berne, Switzerland. Its surface area is 0.25 km².It gives the name to the village of Gerzensee....
Stausee Gibidum
Gigerwaldsee
Gigerwaldsee
Gigerwaldsee is a lake in the municipality of Pfäfers, in the Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland. The reservoir has a volume of 35.6 million m³ and a surface area of 0.71 km².The arch dam Gigerwald was completed in 1976. It has a height of 147 m....
Glattalpsee
Glattalpsee
Glattalpsee is a lake on Glattalp, above Bisisthal, in the municipality of Muotathal, Canton of Schwyz, Switzerland. Its surface area is 0.39 km²....
Golzernsee
Golzernsee
Golzernsee or Golzerensee is a lake at Golzern in the Canton of Uri, Switzerland. Its surface area is 5.7 ha. Golzern is located in the Maderanerthal and can be reached by cable car from Bristen . The lake is a popular fishing location. Species include brown trout, rainbow trout, and...
Etang Grenon
Etang Grenon
Etang Grenon or Lac Grenon is a lake at Montana in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. Located at an elevation of 1497 m, its surface area is 3.5 ha....
Griessee
Griessee
Griessee is a lake in Valais, Switzerland. The reservoir is located in the municipality of Ulrichen and can be reached by road from Nufenen Pass. The lake is fed by the Gries Glacier. Its surface area is 55.5 ha.The gravity dam Gries was built in 1965....
Lag Grond
Laaxersee
Laaxersee or Lag Grond is a lake in the village of Laax, Grisons, Switzerland. Its surface area is 5 ha and maximum depth 5.5 m.Fishing season is from May 1 to September 15. In winter, the lake is generally frozen....
Etang de la Gruère
Etang de la Gruère
Etang de la Gruère is a small lake in the Jura range near Saignelégier, Canton of Jura, Switzerland. The lake and the surrounding bog is a nature preserve. The lake was formed in the 17th century, when a dam was built for a mill.-External links:...

Gübsensee
Gübsensee
Gübsensee is a reservoir near the city of St. Gallen, Switzerland. Its dams were built between 1898 and 1900, the first hydroelectric reservoir in Switzerland. Kraftwerk Kubel has generated electrical power there since 1900....
Hagelseeli
Hagelseeli
Hagelseeli or Hagelseewli is a lake in the Canton of Berne, Switzerland. Its surface area is 2.49 ha....
Hahnensee
Hahnensee
Hahnensee is a lake above St. Moritz in the Grisons, Switzerland at 2153 m above sealevel.Next to the lake there is a restaurant of the same namee. In the summer time, the area can be reached by several hiking trails...
Hasensee
Hasensee
Hasensee is a lake in the canton of Thurgau, Switzerland. It is located in the same valley as Nussbaumersee and Hüttwilersee. Its surface area is 0.11 km² and the surface elevation is 434.16 m, after being lowered by 1.5 m in World War II....
Heidsee
Heidsee
Heidsee is a lake at Lenzerheide, Grisons, Switzerland. Its surface area is 0.41 km².It lies at the foot of the Parpaner Rothorn.-External links:* Tourism information...
Hinterburgsee
Hinterburgsee
Hinterburgsee is a lake in the Canton of Berne, Switzerland. Its surface area is 0.05 km²....
Hinterstockensee
Hinterstockensee
Hinterstockensee is a lake above Erlenbach im Simmental in the Canton of Berne, Switzerland. The lake is located at an elevation of 1592 m, below Stockhorn and near Oberstockensee ....
Husemersee
Husemersee
Husemersee is a lake at Ossingen in the Canton of Zurich, Switzerland. Its surface area is 8 ha.-External links: water quality*...
Hüttnersee
Hüttnersee
Hüttnersee is a small lake at Hütten in the Canton of Zurich, Switzerland. The northern shore is located in Samstagern, a village in the municipality of Richterswil. Its surface area is 0.165 km²....
Hüttwilersee
Hüttwilersee
Hüttwilersee is a lake in the Canton of Thurgau, Switzerland. It is located near two other lakes, Nussbaumersee and Hasensee, on the border of the municipalities of Hüttwilen und Uesslingen-Buch.- External links :*...
Lac d'Icogne
Lac d'Icogne
Lac d'Icogne is a reservoir in the municipality of Lens near the village of Crans-sur-Sierre in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. The lake has a volume of 0.04 million m³ and a surface area of 7 ha....
Iffigsee
Iffigsee
Iffigsee is a lake near Lenk, in Canton of Berne, Switzerland. The lake is located in the Iffigtal, near Rawil Pass. To the south of the lake is the Wildhorn ....
Illsee
Illsee
Illsee is a natural lake used as a reservoir above Sierre, in the Valais, Switzerland. Its surface area is 0.21 km²....
Inkwilersee
Inkwilersee
Inkwilersee is a small lake on the border of the municipalities of Inkwil, Canton of Berne, and Bolken, Canton of Solothurn, Switzerland. Its surface area is 0.1016 km².-External links:* short introduction...
Lago d'Isola
Lago d'Isola
Lago d'Isola is a reservoir at San Bernardino, Grisons, Switzerland. The lake's surface area is 0.39 km²....
Katzensee
Katzensee
Katzensee is a lake on the border of the city of Zurich and Regensdorf in the Canton of Zurich, Switzerland. Its surface area is 0.36 km²....
Lauenensee
Lauenensee
Lauenensee are two lakes near Lauenen in the Canton of Berne, Switzerland. At an elevation of 1381 m, their surface area is 0.1 km²: the larger lake has a surface of 8.8 ha, the smaller one of 1.3 ha.-External links:...
Laaxersee
Laaxersee
Laaxersee or Lag Grond is a lake in the village of Laax, Grisons, Switzerland. Its surface area is 5 ha and maximum depth 5.5 m.Fishing season is from May 1 to September 15. In winter, the lake is generally frozen....
Lämmerensee
Lämmerensee
Lämmerensee is a lake on Lämmerenalp in the municipality of Leukerbad in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. Its surface area is 6.7 ha. At an elevation of 2296 m, it is located below Lämmerengrat....
Lac de Lessoc
Lac de Lessoc
Lac de Lessoc is a reservoir on the Saane/Sarine river between Lessoc and Montbovon in the Canton of Fribourg, Switzerland. The lake's surface area is 20 ha. The Lessoc dam with a height of 33 m was completed in 1976.-External links:*...
Lac Lioson
Lac Lioson
Lac Lioson is a lake in the municipality of Ormont-Dessous, near Les Mosses, in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland. Its surface area is 7 ha.The lake is used for fishing and ice diving....
Lobsigensee
Lobsigensee
Lobsigensee is a lake at Lobsigen in the municipality of Seedorf, Berne, Switzerland. Its surface area is 1.73 ha.On the northwestern shore there are remains of a neolithic settlement.-External links:*...
Lac de Lona
Lac de Lona
Lac de Lona is a lake at an elevation of 2640 m above Grimentz, in the canton of Valais, Switzerland....
Lac de Louvie
Lac de Louvie
Lac de Louvie is a lake above Fionnay in the canton of Valais, Switzerland....
Lac de Lovenex
Lac de Lovenex
Lac de Lovenex is a lake in the municipality of St-Gingolph, Valais, Switzerland. It is located an elevation of 1632 m below Mont Gardy. The lake's surface area is ....
Lago di Lucendro
Lago di Lucendro
Lago di Lucendo is a reservoir at the St. Gotthard Pass in the municipality of Airolo of the canton of Ticino, Switzerland. The dam Lucendro with a height of 73 m was completed in 1947....
Lägh dal Lunghin
Lägh dal Lunghin
Lägh dal Lunghin is a lake at an elevation of 2484 m, below the peak of Piz Lunghin, in the Graubünden, Switzerland. It is considered the source of the Inn River....
Lac de Lussy
Lac de Lussy
Lac de Lussy is a lake in the bog at Châtel-Saint-Denis, in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland. Lake and bog are part of a nature preserve, listed in the Inventory of Mire Landscapes of Particular Beauty and National Importance.-External links:*...
Lützelsee
Lützelsee
Lützelsee is a lake north of Hombrechtikon, Canton of Zurich, Switzerland. Its surface area is 0.13 km².-External links:* website about the lake...
Bacino di Val Malvaglia
Bacino di Val Malvaglia
Bacino di Val Malvaglia is a lake above Malvaglia in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland. The reservoir's surface area is 0.19 km2. Its arch dam was built in 1959 and is operated by Officine Idroelettriche di Blenio SA ....
Stausee Mapragg
Stausee Mapragg
Stausee Mapragg is located at Pfäfers in the Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland. Its surface area is 26 ha. The reservoir and Gigerwaldsee are operated by Kraftwerke Sarganserwald for pumped-storage hydroelectricity....
Märjelensee
Märjelensee
Märjelensee is a lake in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. It formed on the eastern side of the Aletsch Glacier in the 19th century....
Mattenalpsee
Mattenalpsee
Mattenalpsee is a reservoir in the municipality of Innertkirchen, Canton of Berne, Switzerland. Its surface area is 0.186 km². The lake receives the water from Gauli Glacier. The water is channeled into Räterichsbodensee....
Mauensee
Mauensee
Mauensee is a lake in the canton of Lucerne, Switzerland, near the town Mauensee. Mauensee Castle is built on an islet in the 0.55 km² large lake. It was built in 1605 for the Pfyffer family.-External links:*...
Melchsee
Melchsee
Melchsee is a lake in the canton of Obwalden, Switzerland. It lends it name to the resort Melchsee-Frutt, in the municipality of Kerns. At an elevation of 1891 m, its surface area is 0.54 km²....
Mettmenhaslisee
Mettmenhaslisee
Mettmenhaslisee is a lake located between Niederhasli und Mettmenhasli in the Canton of Zurich, Switzerland. Its surface area is 2.5 ha....
Lac du Mont d'Orge
Lac du Mont d'Orge
Lac du Mont d'Orge is a small lake above Sion, Valais, Switzerland.-External links:* *...
Lac de Montbovon
Lac de Montsalvens
Lac de Montsalvens
Lac de Montsalvens is a lake in the Canton of Fribourg, Switzerland. The reservoir has a capacity of 12.6 million m³ and a surface area of 0.74 km². It is located on the road to Jaun Pass, between the villages of Broc and Charmey....
Etang de la Montoie
Etang de la Montoie
Étang de la Montoie is a pond at Cornol in the Canton of Jura, Switzerland.The commune of Cornol's web site describes the 1.4 hectare pond as "an idyllic place allowing one to give oneself over to fishing, walking or resting." The Société de l'Étang de la Montoie...
Moossee
Moossee
Moossee is a lake in the Canton of Berne, Switzerland. Its surface area is 0.31 km². The lake gives the name to Moosseedorf on its southern shore. The golf course Moossee is located east of the lake at Münchenbuchsee. The Urtenen drains Chli Moossee before flowing into Grosser Moossee 400 meters...
Morgetshofsee
Morgetshofsee
Morgetshofsee is a kettle lake at Thayngen in the canton of Schaffhausen, Switzerland. The lake and its surroundings are listed in the Federal Inventory of Amphibian Spawning Areas as a site of national importance....
Lago di Morghirolo
Lago di Morghirolo
Lago di Morghirolo is a lake in Ticino, Switzerland. Its surface area is 9.25 ha.The lake can be reached by foot from Dalpe or Polpiano.-External links:*...
Lac de Morgins
Lac de Morgins
Lac de Morgins is a lake in Valais, Switzerland. Its located at Morgins , near the Pas de Morgins, the pass into France....
Lac de Moron
Lac de Moron
Lac de Moron is a lake formed by damming the Doubs River on the border of France and Switzerland. It can be reached from Les Planchettes or Les Brenets in the Canton of Neuchâtel and from Le Barboux in the Doubs department ....
Etang de la Moubra
Etang de la Moubra
Etang de la Moubra or Lac de la Moubra is a lake at Montana in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. Located at an elevation of 1424 m, its surface area is 5 ha....
Oberer Murgsee
Oberer Murgsee
Oberer Murgsee is a lake in the Murg valley , in the canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland. It is the highest of the three Murgseen.The lake is drained by the Murgbach which empties into Lake Walen at Murg ....
Murgseen
Murgseen
Murgseen are a group of lakes in Murgtal in the Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland. The three lakes are drained by Murgbach, which empties into Lake Walen at Murg in the municipality of Quarten.The three lakes are:...
Muttsee
Muttsee
Muttsee is a reservoir in the Canton of Glarus, Switzerland. Its surface area is 0.42 km²....
Lago di Muzzano
Lago di Muzzano
Lago di Muzzano is a lake in Ticino, Switzerland. It is bordered by the municipalities of Sorengo, Muzzano and Collina d'Oro. Its surface area is 0.23 km². It drains into Lake Lugano....
Lai da Nalps
Lai da Nalps
Lai da Nalps is a reservoir in the municipality of Tujetsch, Grisons, Switzerland. It has a capacity of 45 million m³ and a surface area of 0.91 km². The reservoir is connected to Lai da Sontga Maria and Lai da Curnera in neighboring valleys....
Lago del Narèt
Lago del Narèt
Lago del Narèt is a lake in Val Sambuco, Ticino, Switzerland. Its surface area is 0.86 km². It is located in the municipality of Lavizzara. The closest locality is Fusio.-External links:*...
Lago Nero (Ticino)
Lago Nero (Ticino)
Lago Nero is a lake in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland. Its surface area is 0.14 km²....
Niederriedsee
Niederriedsee
Niederriedsee is a reservoir formed by the Niederried dam on the Aar River in the Canton of Berne, Switzerland. It is named after the nearby village Niederried bei Kallnach....
Nussbaumersee
Nussbaumersee
Nussbaumersee is a small lake between Nussbaumen and Uerschhausen, both in the municipality of Hüttwilen in the Canton of Thurgau, Switzerland. Its surface area is 0.252 km². Hüttwilersee and Hasensee are located in the same valley....
Oberalpsee
Oberalpsee
Oberalpsee is a lake just below Oberalp Pass on the side of the Canton of Uri in Switzerland....
Oberblegisee
Oberblegisee
Oberblegisee is a lake in the Canton of Glarus, Switzerland. It is located at an elevation of 1422 m, above Luchsingen. Its surface area is 0.17 km².-References:* report on fishing in the lake...
Obersee (Arosa)
Obersee (Arosa)
Obersee or Oberer Arosasee is the lake in the center of Arosa, a resort in the Grisons, Switzerland. The lake has a surface area of at an elevation of 1734 m. Arosa's lower lake is at 1691 m....
Obersee (Glarus)
Obersee (Glarus)
Obersee is a lake on Oberseealp in the Canton of Glarus, Switzerland. Its surface area is 0.24 km²....
Oberstockensee
Oberstockensee
Oberstockensee is a lake in Canton of Berne, Switzerland. Its surface area is 0.118 km. The lake is located above Erlenbach im Simmental, below Stockhorn....
Lago d'Origlio
Lago d'Origlio
Lago d'Origlio is a lake in the municipality of Origlio, in Ticino, Switzerland....
Lai da Ova Spin
Lai da Ova Spin
Lai da Ova Spin is a compensation reservoir on the Spöl river at Zernez, Grisons, Switzerland. Its volume is 7.4 mio m³ and surface area 0.34 km².The arch dam Ova Spin was completed in 1968 and has a height of 73 m.-External links:**...
Lago di Palagnedra
Lago di Palagnedra
Lago di Palagnedra is a lake at Palagnedra, Ticino, Switzerland. The reservoir has a volume of 4.26 mio m³ and a surface area of 0.25 km². The dam on the Melezza river was completed in 1952. Its height is 72 m.-External links:*...
Lai da Palpuogna
Lai da Palpuogna
Lai da Palpuogna is a mountain lake at Albula Pass in the municipality of Bergün, in the Grisons, Switzerland. In a 2007 television program of the Swiss channel SF 1, the lake was voted the most beautiful place in Switzerland....
Lago Palü
Lago Palü
Lago Palü is a lake below Piz Palü in the Grisons, Switzerland. Water from Palü Glacier feeds into the lake. In 1926, a dam was built enabling use of the lake as a reservoir....
Lac de Pérolles
Lac de Pérolles
Lac de Pérolles, a lake formed by Maigrauge Dam, is a reservoir on the Saane/Sarine river at Fribourg, in western Switzerland. Its surface area is . The dam was built in 1872, and its height was increased by in 1910. The watershed is . The Maigrauge Dam has a gated spillway.-External links:*...
Lag da Pigniu
Lag da Pigniu
Lag da Pigniu is a reservoir above Pigniu in the Grisons, Switzerland. The 53 m gravity dam was completed in 1989. It is operated by Kraftwerke Ilanz AG.-External links:*...
Pizolseen
Räterichsbodensee
Räterichsbodensee
Räterichsbodensee is a lake in Guttannen, Oberhasli, Switzerland. The reservoir has a volume of 25 mio m³ and a surface area is 0.67 km².-External links:*...

Lago Retico
Lago Retico
Lago Retico is a lake in the canton Ticino, Switzerland. Its surface area is 8.5 ha....
Riffelsee
Riffelsee
Riffelsee is a lake above Zermatt below the Riffelhorn in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. At an elevation of 2757 m, its surface area is 0.45 ha. The lake can be reached from the Rotenboden station of Gornergratbahn....
Lai da Rims
Lai da Rims
Lai da Rims is a lake in Val Müstair, Grisons, Switzerland. The surface area of 0.17 km² has an elevation of 2396 m. It is not to be confused with Lais da Rims, a set of tarn lakes in the Sesvenna Range near S-charl....
Lago di Robièi
Lago di Robièi
Lago di Robièi is a lake in Ticino, Switzerland. The reservoir has a volume of 6.7 million m³ and a surface area of 0.24 km². It is located at an elevation of 1940 m near Lago dei Cavagnöö and Lago del Zött....
Rotsee
Rotsee
The Rotsee is a natural rowing lake on the northern edge of Lucerne, Switzerland. It is 2,400 m long with virtually no current and protected from winds by nearby hills making it an ideal rowing venue....
Sägistalsee
Sägistalsee
Sägistalsee is a lake in Canton of Berne, Switzerland. Its surface area is 7 ha. The lake's sediments were studied to determine past climate and human activities....
Saint-Léonard underground lake
Saint-Léonard underground lake
Saint-Léonard underground lake is located at Saint Léonard in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. With a length of 300 and a width of 20 m it is the largest underground lake in Europe. It was discovered in 1943 by Jean-Jacques Pittard...
Sämtisersee
Sämtisersee
Sämtisersee is a lake in the Alpstein range of the canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden, Switzerland. At an elevation of 1209 m, the surface area is 0.13 km². It is located below Hoher Kasten not far from Fälensee.- External links :*...
Lac de Sanetsch
Lac de Sanetsch
Lac de Sanetsch is a reservoir below Sanetsch Pass in Valais, Switzerland. Its surface area is 0.29 km². The Sanetsch dam was built in 1965. The gravity dam has a height of 42 m.-External links:*...
Lago di Saoseo
Lago di Saoseo
Lago di Saoseo is a lake in the Val di Campo, a valley in the Poschiavo region of the Grisons, Switzerland....
Lac de Sauvabelin
Lac de Sauvabelin
Lac de Sauvabelin is an artificial lake in the Sauvabelin forest, above Lausanne, Switzerland.The city of Lausanne authorized the construction of the lake in 1888.-External links: * *...
Schwarzsee
Schwarzsee
Schwarzsee is a small lake in the Canton of Fribourg, Switzerland with an area of 0.47 km²...
Schwarzsee (Blatten)
Schwarzsee (Blatten)
Schwarzsee is a lake at Blatten in the canton of Valais, Switzerland....
Schwarzsee (Oberems)
Schwarzsee (Oberems)
Schwarzsee is a mountain lake in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. It is located at an elevation of 2611 m, below Bella Tola and Brunnethorn , above the Turtmanntal. It is part of the municipality of Oberems....
Schwarzsee (Pizol)
Schwarzsee (Pizol)
Schwarzsee is a mountain lake at an elevation of 2368 m on the Pizol mountain of the Glarus Alps....
Schwarzsee (Zermatt)
Schwarzsee (Zermatt)
Schwarzsee is a lake at Zermatt in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. It is located below Matterhorn at an elevation of 2,552 m....
Seealpsee
Seealpsee
Seealpsee is a lake in the Alpstein range of the canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden, Switzerland. At an elevation of 1,143.2 m, the surface area is 13.6 hectares. The lake can be reached by foot from Wasserauen or from Ebenalp...
Seebergsee
Seebergsee
Seebergsee is a lake in the Canton of Berne, Switzerland. Its surface area is 6 ha....
Seewlisee
Seewlisee
Seewlisee is a lake in Uri, Switzerland at an elevation of 2028 m. Its surface area is 9 ha.The lake can be reached by foot in 2-3 hours from the cable car Silenen-Chilcherbergen.-External links:* * profile...
Lac de Seedorf
Lac de Seedorf
Lac de Seedorf is a lake at Seedorf in the municipality of Noréaz, Canton of Fribourg, Switzerland. Its surface area is 0.11 km²....
Seeli
Seeli (Seelisberg)
Seeli or Seelisbergsee is the lake on Seelisberg in Uri, Switzerland, that gives the place its name. Its surface area is 0.18 km²....
Seeweidsee
Seeweidsee
Seeweidsee is a lake in the municipality of Hombrechtikon, in the Canton of Zurich, Switzerland. Its surface area is 1.2 ha....
Lago della Sella
Lago della Sella
Lago della Sella is a reservoir near St. Gotthard Pass in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland. The gravity dam with a height of 36 m was completed in 1947.The dam was planned and built under control of the Swiss engineer Fritz Gigax....
Lac de Sénin
Lago Sfundau
Lago Sfundau
Lago Sfundau is a lake in Ticino, Switzerland. Its surface area is 0.129 km²....
Soppensee
Soppensee
Soppensee is a lake in Canton of Lucerne, Switzerland. The surface area is 0.227 km². The lake and its surroundings are located in the municipalities of Buttisholz, Menznau and Ruswil....
Spaneggsee
Spaneggsee
Spaneggsee is a lake in Filzbach, Glarus, Switzerland. Its surface area is 4.7 ha....
Spilauersee
Spilauersee
Spilauersee is a lake in the Canton of Uri, Switzerland, below Rossstock. The lake can be reached by foot in half an hour from the Chäppeliberg–Lidernen aerial tramway....
Lake St. Moritz
Lake St. Moritz
Lake St. Moritz is a lake near St. Moritz, Switzerland. With a surface of 0.78 km², it is smaller than the main lakes of the Upper Engadin valley ....
Lej da Staz
Lej da Staz
Lej da Staz is a lake in the Engadin valley, Grisons, Switzerland. Close to Lake St. Moritz, it is surrounded by the forest of Staz .-External links:*...
Steinibühlweiher
Steinibühlweiher
Steinibühlweiher is a pond at Sempach in the Canton of Lucerne, Switzerland. The artificial reservoir has a surface area of 3 ha....
Steinsee
Steinsee
Steinsee is a lake at Stein Glacier near Susten Pass in the Canton of Berne, Switzerland....
Sternenweiher
Sternenweiher
Sternenweiher is a lake in the municipality of Richterswil, Canton of Zurich, Switzerland. Its surface area is 2.7 ha....
Sufnersee
Sufnersee
Sufnersee is a reservoir between Splügen and Sufers on the Hinterrhein river in the Grisons, Switzerland. The dam Sufers was built 1962. The reservoir has a volume of 17.5 million m³ and its surface area is 0.90 km²....
Lac des Taillères
Lac des Taillères
Lac des Taillères is a lake in the la Brévine valley in the Canton of Neuchâtel, Switzerland. Its surface area is 0.45 km²....
Talalpsee
Talalpsee
Talalpsee or Talsee is a lake at an elevation of 1086 m above Filzbach in the Canton of Glarus, Switzerland. Its surface area is 3.2 ha....
Lac de Taney
Lac de Taney
Lac de Taney is a lake in Valais, Switzerland. Its surface area is 0.17 km². It can be reached from Vouvry by crossing the Col de Tanay....
Tannensee
Tannensee
Tannensee is a reservoir in Obwalden, Switzerland. In 1958, Tannenbach and few other creeks were dammed with an earth-fill dam. The lake has a volume of 3.8 mio m³ and its surface area is 0.33 km². The reservoir is used to generate electricity at Kraftwerk Hugschwendi in Kerns.-External links:**...
Lai da Tarasp
Lai da Tarasp
Lai da Tarasp is a lake at Tarasp in the Grisons, Switzerland. Its surface area is 2 ha....
Lac Ter
Lac Ter
Lac Ter is a small lake at Le Lieu, in the Vallée de Joux of the canton of Vaud, Switzerland....
Teufenbachweiher
Teufenbachweiher
Teufenbachweiher is a reservoir in the municipality of Schönenberg, Canton of Zurich, Switzerland. Its surface area is 4.2 ha.-External links:*...
Lago di Tom
Lago di Tom
Lago di Tom is a lake in the Piora Valley, in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland. Its surface area is 0.13 km²....
Tomasee
Tomasee
Tomasee is a lake at the northern face of Piz Badus, above the village of Tschamut in Grisons, Switzerland...
Totensee
Totensee
Totensee is a small natural lake at the Grimsel Pass in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. It is used as a reservoir and drained into Grimselsee.In November 2006, the lake's entire trout population died, possibly due to algae....
Lac des Toules
Lac des Toules
Lac des Toules is a reservoir in Valais, Switzerland, at Bourg-Saint-Pierre. Its surface area is 0.61 km².The dam Les Toules was completed in 1963....
Lago Tremorgio
Lago Tremorgio
Lago Tremorgio is a mountain lake above Rodi-Fiesso in the municipality of Prato Leventina in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland. Its surface area is 0.39 km².The lake can be reached by aerial cable-car from Rodi.-External links:* visitor information*...
Etang de Trente Pas
Etang de Trente Pas
Etang de Trente Pas is a small lake and bog below Mont Gond , above Conthey, in Valais, Switzerland.A literal translation of its name is "Pond of 30 steps". The unit of measure "pas" equaled about 60 centimeters....
Triebtenseewli
Triebtenseewli
Triebtenseewli is a lake near Grimsel Pass in the Canton of Berne, Switzerland. Its surface area is 10 ha....
Trübtensee
Trübtensee
Trübtensee or Triebtenseewli is a lake in the municipality of Guttannen, Bernese Oberland, Switzerland. The reservoir's surface area is 0.1 km². Its dam was completed in the 1950s and holds a volume of 1.1 mio m³.-External links:*...
Trübsee
Trübsee
Trübsee is a mountain lake in Switzerland, at the foot of the Titlis. Trübsee is above Engelberg, reacheable from this town by cable car or after rather long walking uphill....
Trützisee
Trützisee
Trützisee is a lake above Geschinen in the Canton of Valais, Switzerland....
Tschawinersee
Tschawinersee
Tschawinersee is a lake in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. Located at an elevation of 2174 m, its surface area is 6.2 ha....
Lej da la Tscheppa
Lej da la Tscheppa
Lej da la Tscheppa is a lake above Sils-Maria, in the Engadin valley of the Grisons, Switzerland. Its surface area is 7.96 ha at an elevation of 2616 m. It used to be fed by water from the Crasta-Tscheppa Glacier ....
Tschingelsee
Tschingelsee
Tschingelsee is a lake in the valley Kiental of the Canton of Berne, Switzerland. It formed on Tschingelalp in 1972 after severe weather. Since 1987, the area is a nature preserve....
Lac de Tseuzier
Lac de Tseuzier
Lac de Tseuzier is an artificial lake in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. It is located in the municipalities of Ayent and Icogne. The reservoir has a volume of 51 mio m³ and a surface area of 0.85 km². It was formed by the dams of Zeuzier and Proz-Riond built in 1957.-External links:***...
Türlersee
Türlersee
Türlersee is a lake in the district of Affoltern, Canton of Zurich, Switzerland. It lies on the border of the municipalities of Aeugst and Hausen am Albis at an elevation of 643 m. The lake has an area of 0.49 km² ....
Tuetenseeli
Tuetenseeli
Tuetenseeli is a lake in Menznau, Canton of Lucerne, Switzerland. Its surface area is 2.15 ha. The lake and its surrounding bogs are a nature preserve....
Uebeschisee
Uebeschisee
Uebeschisee is a small lake at Uebeschi, in the Upper Gürbetal, near Thun, Switzerland. It is located adjacent to the municipalities of Höfen, Amsoldingen and Uebeschi. The lake has a surface area of 14.2 hectares and a maximum depth of 15 m. Rotmoos-Bach drains it into the larger Amsoldingersee....
Lej da Vadret
Lej da Vadret
Lej da Vadret is a lake below Roseg Glacier in the Grisons, Switzerland....
Lago di Val Viola
Lago di Val Viola
Lago di Val Viola is a lake in the Grisons, Switzerland. The lake is locate near Lago di Saoseo, in the Poschiavo region....
Lac des Vaux
Lac des Vaux
Lac des Vaux is a lake above Verbier in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. The lake is located in the municipality of Riddes....
Lac du Vernex
Lac du Vernex
Lac du Vernex is a reservoir on the Saane/Sarine river at Rossinière, in the Pays d'Enhaut of the canton of Vaud, Switzerland.-External links:*...
Lac Vert (Val-d'Illiez)
Lac Vert (Val-d'Illiez)
Lac Vert is a lake in the Chablais region of the canton of Valais, Switzerland. The lake is located in the municipality of Val-d'Illiez, at an elevation of 1972 metres, near the border to France. Lac de Chésery lies 600 metres north....
Lac du Vieux Emosson
Lac du Vieux Emosson
Lac du Vieux Emosson is a reservoir in Valais, Switzerland, in the municipality of Finhaut at an elevation of 2205 m. The lake drains into the reservoir Lac d'Emosson, 300 m below.The arch dam Vieux Emosson was completed in 1955....
Voralpsee
Voralpsee
Voralpsee is a lake above Grabs in the Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland....
Werdenbergersee
Werdenbergersee
Werdenbergersee is a small lake in Buchs, below the town of Werdenberg, in the municipality of Grabs, Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland....
Wichelsee
Wichelsee
Wichelsee is a lake in Obwalden, Switzerland. Its surface area is 0.22 km². The reservoir is located in the municipalities of Alpnach and Sarnen. It formed after the Sarner Aa was damed in 1955. The area around the lake was protected in 2005....
Wilersee
Wilersee
Wilersee is a lake in Canton of Zug, Switzerland. Its surface area is 3 ha....
Lago del Zött
Lago del Zött
Lago del Zött is a reservoir in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland, with a surface area of 0.13 km². Its 36 m arch dam was completed in 1967 and holds a volume of 1.65 mio m³.-External links:*...

Largest lakes in Switzerland

Lakes larger than 1 km²

Lakes smaller than 1 km²

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