List of islands of Switzerland explained

This is a list of islands of Switzerland. Switzerland is a landlocked country, hence all Swiss islands are located in lakes or rivers. This list also includes islands in artificial lakes (*). In these cases, the water levels may drop by a few metres at some periods of the year, thereby turning some islands into peninsulas.

Island	Body of water	Municipality	Canton	Area (ha)^[1]	Highest elevation^[2]	Prominence^[3]	Distance from the shore^[4]	Bridge
Aareinseli	Aare	Selzach	Solothurn	1.3				No
Altstad-Insel	Lake Lucerne	Meggen	Lucerne	0.31				No
Bälliz	Aare	Thun	Bern	5.4				Yes
Chaviolas	Lake Sils	Sils	Graubünden	0.34				No
Chillon	Lake Geneva	Veytaux	Vaud					Yes
Fischergrieni	Aare	Stilli	Aargau	2.65				No
Gamma Insel	Lake Sempach	Sursee	Lucerne	0.1				No
La Grande Ile	Lake Murten	Haut-Vully	Fribourg	0.06				No
Grien	Aare	Aarau	Aargau	34				No
Grien	Rhine	Koblenz	Aargau	1.9				No
Heidseeinseln	Lake Heidsee	Vaz/Obervaz	Graubünden					No
Ile de la Harpe	Lake Geneva	Rolle	Vaud	0.237				No
Ile d'Ogoz	Lake of Gruyère	Pont-en-Ogoz	Fribourg	0.5				No
Île de Peilz	Lake Geneva	Villeneuve	Vaud	0.004				No
Ile Rousseau	Rhone	Geneva	Geneva	0.2				Yes
Insel Rheinau	Rhine	Rheinau	Zürich	3.47				Yes
Inseli	Lake Zug	Zug	Zug	0.02				No
Isola di Giornico	Ticino	Giornico	Ticino	0.67			^	Yes
L'île	Rhone	Geneva	Geneva	1.25				Yes
Lützelau	Lake Zurich	Freienbach	Schwyz	3.5				No
Roggenburg^[5]	Lake Lauerz	Lauerz	Schwyz	0.075				No
Ruppoldingen	Aare	Olten	Solothurn					Yes
Saffa-Insel	Lake Zurich	Zürich	Zürich	0.3				Yes
San Pancrazio (Brissago Islands)	Lake Maggiore	Brissago, Ronco sopra Ascona	Ticino	2.25				No
Sant'Apollinare (Brissago Islands)	Lake Maggiore	Brissago, Ronco sopra Ascona	Ticino	0.7				No
Schacheninseli	Aare	Villnachern	Aargau	88				Yes
Schlossinseli	Lake Mauensee	Mauensee	Lucerne	1.5				Yes
Schnäggeninseli	Lake Brienz		Berne	0.165				No
Schnittlauchinsel	Lake Walensee	Quarten	St. Gallen	0.08				No
Schönenwerd	Lake Zurich	Richterswil	Zürich	0.15				No
Schwanau	Lake Lauerz	Lauerz	Schwyz	0.57				No
St. Peter's Island	Lake Biel	Twann	Bern	150				Yes
Ufenau	Lake Zurich	Freienbach	Schwyz	11.26				No
Vogelraupfi	Aare	Bannwil	Bern	1.4				No
Werd	Lake Constance	Eschenz	Thurgau	1.59				Yes
Werdinsel	Limmat	Zürich		7.9				Yes
^[6]	Lake Wohlen	Frauenkappelen	Bern	0.82				No
^[7]	Lake of Gruyère	Pont-en-Ogoz	Fribourg	1.2				No
^[8]	Lake of Gruyère	Pont-la-Ville	Fribourg					No
^[9]	Lake of Gruyère	Pont-la-Ville	Fribourg					No
^[10]	Lake of Gruyère	Corbières	Fribourg					No
	Lake Hinterstockensee	Erlenbach im Simmental	Bern	0.32				No
	Lake Caumasee	Flims	Graubünden	0.3				No
	Lake Moesola	Mesocco	Graubünden					No
	Lake Totensee	Obergoms	Valais					No
	Lake Tannensee	Kerns	Obwalden					No
^[11]	Lake Sils	Sils	Graubünden					No
	Lake Klingnauersee	Böttstein	Aargau					No
Islands at the confluence of Aar, Reuss and Limmat	Aare	Gebenstorf, Turgi	Argau					No
	Doubs	Epiquerez	Jura					No
	Lake Mauensee	Mauensee	Lucerne					No
	Lake Mauensee	Mauensee	Lucerne					No
	Lake Mauensee	Mauensee	Lucerne					No

Colors
Islands in lakes
Islands in rivers

See also

• List of lakes of Switzerland
• List of rivers of Switzerland
• List of islands

References

• Swisstopo
• Google Earth

External links

• Inseln in der Schweiz (PDF-Format) - Directory with information for visitors (German language)
• Verzeichnis der Inseln List with map and coordinates.

Notes and References

1. Retrieved from
2. Height above sea level
3. Height above lake or river level
4. Approximation
5. 50 metre-long islet south of Schwanau
6. 170 metre-long islet between Talmatt and Wohlei
7. 400 metre-long islet south of La Cantine
8. 60 metre-long islet south-west of the Ile d'Ogoz
9. 30 metre-long islet south-east of the Ile d'Ogoz
10. 30 metre-long islet west of Corbières
11. 40 metre-long islet west of Chaviolas