Zugora

Lake and water

Ägerisee

Oberägeri · 724 m above sea level

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Lake Aegeri
Photo: Carsten Steger, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons · Photo · CC BY-SA 4.0

Lake Aegeri covers 7.2 km² at 724 m above sea level in the Ägeri valley and was formed by a glacier. Its main inflow is the Hüribach, its outflow the Lorze. Timber is still floated across the lake today because there is no road along the western shore.

Facts

  • Area 7.2 km²
  • Lake level 724 m above sea level
  • Drinking water reservoir since 1992
  • Timber from the western shore is floated across the lake

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More information

Coordinates (LV95): 2,689,337 / 1,219,454

Sources and rights

  • Terrain, relief, municipal boundaries, buildings and hiking trails: © swisstopo
  • Playgrounds and family places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database License (ODbL); the derived database of places (JSON file to download) is also available under the ODbL.
  • Photos of the places of interest: Wikimedia Commons, author and licence with each photo.
  • Position of the sun after the NOAA formulas; shade values from swissSURFACE3D and swissALTI3D (calculated by the zug-family project).
  • Tips link to Zug Tourismus; only name and location are taken over.