Lake Sempach

Lake Sempach Sempachersee
Location	Canton of Lucerne
Coordinates	47°8.6667′N 8°9.1′E / 47.1444450°N 8.1517°E / 47.1444450; 8.1517Coordinates: 47°8.6667′N 8°9.1′E / 47.1444450°N 8.1517°E / 47.1444450; 8.1517
Primary inflows	Grosse Aa, Kleine Aa, Lippenrütibach, Röllbach, Greuelbach, Rotbach
Primary outflows	Suhre
Basin countries	Switzerland
Surface area	14.5 km²
Average depth	44 m
Max. depth	87 m
Water volume	0.66 km³
Residence time	16.9 years
Surface elevation	503.77 m
Islands	Gamma Insel
Settlements	Sursee, Sempach

Lake Sempach (German: Sempachersee) is a lake in the Canton of Lucerne, Switzerland. Its area is about 14.5 km² and its maximum depth is 87 m.

A 50 metre-large island named Gamma Insel is located east of Sursee.

External links

• Media related to Lake Sempach at Wikimedia Commons
• Sempachersee (German)
• http://www.sempachersee.ch (German) Information about the municipalities on the lake
• Waterlevels Lake Sempach at Sempach

Lakes of Switzerland Major lakes Lake Biel (Lac de Bienne, Bielersee) Lake Brienz (Brienzersee) Lake Constance (Bodensee) Lower Lake Constance (Untersee) Lake Geneva (Lac Léman, Lac de Genève) Lake Hallwil (Hallwilersee) Lake Lucerne (Vierwaldstättersee) Lake Lugano (Lago di Lugano, Ceresio) Lake Maggiore (Lago Maggiore) Lake Murten (Lac de Morat, Murtensee) Lake Neuchâtel (Lac de Neuchâtel, Neuenburgersee) Lake Sempach (Sempachersee) Lake Thun (Thunersee) Lake Walen (Walensee, Lake Walenstadt) Lake Zug (Zugersee) Lake Zurich (Zürichsee) Sihlsee Lists List of lakes of Switzerland List of mountain lakes of Switzerland List of dams and reservoirs in Switzerland