Lake Lucerne

FreshwaterSwitzerland
CountrySwitzerland
Area114 km2
Max Depth214 m
TypeFreshwater

About Lake Lucerne

Called Vierwaldstattersee. William Tell is associated with it. Extremely irregular shape.

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