Lake Sils Silsersee Lej da Segl |
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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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