Lake Sils

Lake Sils
Silsersee
Lej da Segl
View towards the Chasté peninsula
Location Engadin, Grisons
Primary inflows 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 2.2 years
Surface elevation 1,797 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.

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