Lake Sils

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Lake Sils Silsersee Lej da Segl
Lake Sils, with Lake Silvaplana (foreground), Sils and Chasté peninsula (centre), and Maloja (top left)
Coordinates	46°25′0″N, 9°43′51″ECoordinates: 46°25′0″N, 9°43′51″E
Primary sources	Inn, Aua da Fedoz
Primary outflows	Inn (named Sela until Lake Silvaplana)
Basin countries	Switzerland
Max length	5 km
Surface area	4.1 km²
Average depth	35 m
Max depth	71 m
Water volume	137 mio m³
Residence time (of lake water)	2.2 years
Surface elevation	1797 m
Islands	Chaviolas (islet)
Settlements	Sils, Maloja

Lake Sils (German Silsersee, Romansh: Lej da Segl) 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. At the end of the peninsula there is a plaque to Friedrich Nietzsche with a passage from Thus Spoke Zarathustra.

[edit] External links

• Lakes of the Upper Engadine valley in German, French or Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
• Waterlevels of Lake Sils at Sils Baselgia