Rotsee

Rotsee

Location	Canton of Lucerne
Coordinates	47°04′11″N 8°18′51″E / 47.06972°N 8.31417°E / 47.06972; 8.31417Coordinates: 47°04′11″N 8°18′51″E / 47.06972°N 8.31417°E / 47.06972; 8.31417
Primary outflows	Ron
Basin countries	Switzerland

Max. length	2.5 km
Max. width	0.3 km
Surface area	0.48 km²
Max. depth	16 m
Surface elevation	419 m

Settlements	Lucerne, Ebikon

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.

The first regatta was hosted here in 1933 and since been the venue of a large number of international rowing events (including the first ever World Rowing Championships).

The lake is the venue for the final leg of the Rowing World Cup series. When a World Championships is also being held in Lucerne (as happened in 2001) then no World Cup Race is held on the lake.

External links

Media related to Rotsee at Wikimedia Commons

World Rowing Championships

Years	1962 1966 1970 1974 1975 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Venues	Lucerne 1962 Bled 1966 St. Catharines 1970 Lucerne 1974 Nottingham 1975 Amsterdam 1977 Lake Karapiro 1978 Bled 1979 Hazewinkel 1980 Oberschleißheim 1981 Lucerne 1982 Duisburg 1983 Montreal 1984 Hazewinkel 1985 Nottingham 1986 Copenhagen 1987 Milan 1988 Bled 1989 Lake Barrington 1990 Vienna 1991 Montreal 1992 Račice 1993 Indianapolis 1994 Tampere 1995 Glasgow 1996 Aiguebelette 1997 Cologne 1998 St. Catharines 1999 Zagreb 2000 Lucerne 2001 Seville 2002 Milan 2003 Banyoles 2004 Kaizu, Gifu 2005 Eton 2006 Oberschleißheim 2007 Ottensheim 2008 Poznań 2009 Lake Karapiro 2010 Bled 2011 Plovdiv 2012 Chungju 2013 Amsterdam 2014 Aiguebelette 2015 Rotterdam 2016