List of Swiss islands

This is a list of islands in Switzerland .

Island or group of islands	Waters	Water type	local community	Area in m 2	coordinate	With a bridge?	comment
Island near Altreu	Aare	flow	Selzach SO	13,000	47 ° 11 '22 "  N , 7 ° 27' 26"  E
Altstaad Island	Lake Lucerne	lake	Meggen LU	3,100	47 ° 1 '56.8 "  N , 8 ° 21' 46.3"  E
Island near Auenstein	Aare	flow	Auenstein AG	170,000	47 ° 24 '44 "  N , 8 ° 7' 44"  E
Bälliz-Freienhofgasse	Aare	flow	Thun BE	54,000	46 ° 45 ′ 28 "  N , 7 ° 37 ′ 42"  E		City quarter
Beznau	Aare	flow	Döttingen AG	300,000	47 ° 33 '16 "  N , 8 ° 13' 46"  E		artificial (nuclear power plant)
Isole di Brissago (2)	Lake Maggiore	lake	Brissago TI	22,500 and 7,000	46 ° 7 '57.9 "  N , 8 ° 44' 8.6"  E
Island near Carouge	Swiss stone pine	flow	Carouge GE	5,900	46 ° 10 ′ 56.1 ″  N , 6 ° 9 ′ 13 ″  E
Chaviolas	Silsersee	lake	Sils GR	3'400	46 ° 25 ′ 17 "  N , 9 ° 44 ′ 46"  E
Island at Chervillers	Doubs	flow	Epiquerez JU	15,000	47 ° 19 '14.7 "  N , 7 ° 5' 47.7"  E
Island at Chiggiogna	Ticino	flow	Faido TI	13,000	46 ° 27 '21.1 "  N , 8 ° 49' 40.6"  E
Eiola	Lake Zug	lake	Zug ZG	200	47 ° 7 '35.64 "  N , 8 ° 29' 46.94"  E
Duck Island	Lake Thun	lake	Thun BE	1,300	46 ° 43 '27.6 "  N , 7 ° 37' 47.7"  E
Fischergrieni	Aare	flow	Villigen AG	26,500	47 ° 30 ′ 34 "  N , 8 ° 13 ′ 58"  E
Flachsee Islands	Flachsee	lake	Unterlunkhofen AG	up to 3,000	47 ° 19 ′ 41 ″  N , 8 ° 22 ′ 2 ″  E
Geissenschachen	Aare	flow	Windisch AG	17,000	47 ° 27 ′ 45 "  N , 8 ° 13 ′ 45"  E
Giornico Isola	Ticino	flow	Giornico TI	6,700	46 ° 24 '8 "  N , 8 ° 52' 28.9"  E		Part of the village
La Grande Île	Murten lake	lake	Haut-Vully FR	600	46 ° 56 '17.88 "  N , 7 ° 3' 43.75"  E
Grien	Aare	flow	Aarau AG, Niedererlinsbach SO	340,000	47 ° 23 ′ 9 ″  N , 8 ° 1 ′ 7 ″  E
Grien	Rhine	flow	Koblenz AG	19,000	47 ° 36 ′ 44 "  N , 8 ° 14 ′ 20"  E
Grien Island	Limmat	flow	Dietikon ZH	83,000	47 ° 24 ′ 37 "  N , 8 ° 24 ′ 32"  E		artificial (hydroelectric power station)
Grunderinseli	Lake Thun	lake	Thun BE	1,000	46 ° 44 '15.8 "  N , 7 ° 37' 58.5"  E
Good	Limmat	flow	Gibstorf AG	80,000	47 ° 29 ′ 59 "  N , 8 ° 14 ′ 27"  E
Island by the Gugel	Aare	flow	Windisch AG	500	47 ° 29 ′ 31 ″  N , 8 ° 14 ′ 13 ″  E
Haab-Inseli	Lake Zurich	lake	Wädenswil ZH	90	47 ° 14 ′ 51.45 "  N , 8 ° 39 ′ 10.8"  E
Île de la Harpe	Lake Geneva	lake	Role VD	2,368	46 ° 27 '20.1 "  N , 6 ° 20' 21.4"  E
Heidsee Islands (12)	Heidsee	lake	Vaz / Obervaz GR	3 - 200	46 ° 44 ′ 31.6 "  N , 9 ° 33 ′ 12.5"  E
Island in the Hinterstockensee	Hinterstockensee	lake	Erlenbach in the Simmental BE	3,200	46 ° 41 '6.2 "  N , 7 ° 32' 21.9"  E
Länggrien island	Aare	flow	Selzach SO	100,000	47 ° 11 ′ 40 "  N , 7 ° 28 ′ 59"  E		inhabited (farm)
Isla	Cauma lake	lake	Flims GR	3,000	46 ° 49 ′ 13.6 "  N , 9 ° 17 ′ 40.6"  E
Isla	Rhine	flow	Mastrils GR	53,000	46 ° 57 '50 "  N , 9 ° 32' 53"  E
Power plant island	Rhine	flow	Birsfelden BL	87,000	47 ° 33 '35 "  N , 7 ° 37' 50"  E
Island at La Réchesse	Doubs	flow	Epiquerez JU	28,000	47 ° 19 ′ 1 ″  N , 7 ° 5 ′ 2 ″  E
Lorelei (3 islands)	Lake Lucerne	lake	Seedorf UR	3,000, 2,000, 500	46 ° 53 '44.3 "  N , 8 ° 36' 28.7"  E		Heaped up from excavated material from the Gotthard Base Tunnel , bathing island
Lorzeninsel	Lake Zug	lake	Zug ZG	1,500	47 ° 10 ′ 27.8 "  N , 8 ° 29 ′ 50"  E
Lützelau	Lake Zurich	lake	Freienbach SZ	35,000	47 ° 13 '16 "  N , 8 ° 47' 35"  E
Islands near Magadino (4)	Lake Maggiore	lake	Magadino TI	12,000, 11,000, 7,000, 1,700	46 ° 9 ′ 0 ″  N , 8 ° 51 ′ 44 ″  E
Island near Mellingen	Reuss	flow	Mellingen AG , Stetten AG	15,000	47 ° 24 ′ 39 ″  N , 8 ° 17 ′ 2 ″  E
Neptune (3 islands)	Lake Lucerne	lake	Seedorf UR	4,000, 1,800, 1,000	46 ° 53 '35.9 "  N , 8 ° 36' 17.2"  E		Heaped up from excavated material from the Gotthard Base Tunnel , nature reserve
Upper Latvians	Limmat	flow	Zurich ZH	10,000	47 ° 23 ′ 6 ″  N , 8 ° 32 ′ 9 ″  E		River pool between the Limmat and the canal
Upper Inseli, Lower Inseli	Aare	flow	Thun BE	6,300, 5,750	46 ° 45 ′ 9.4 "  N , 7 ° 38 ′ 4"  E		Heinrich von Kleist lived on the Upper Inseli (also called “Kleist-Inseli”) from 1802–03
Île d'Ogoz (Vers les Tours)	Lake Gruyère	lake	Le Bry FR	5,000	46 ° 41 '53.8 "  N , 7 ° 6' 1.4"  E		Reservoir, at depression peninsula
Örtlistein	Lake Lucerne	lake	Horw LU	10	47 ° 0 '20.54 "  N , 8 ° 20' 30.81"  O		Rocky islet
Île de Peilz	Lake Geneva	lake	Villeneuve VD	400	46 ° 23 '59.9 "  N , 6 ° 54' 49.79"  E
Pearls	Reuss	flow	Buchrain LU, Root LU	1,500,000	47 ° 6 ′ 47 "  N , 8 ° 21 ′ 56"  E
Island near Rathausen	Reuss	flow	Emmen LU	100,000	47 ° 4 ′ 58 ″  N , 8 ° 19 ′ 1 ″  E
Île Rousseau	Rhone	flow	Geneva GE	2,000	46 ° 12 '21.7 "  N , 6 ° 8' 51.8"  E
Rheinau	Rhine	flow	Rheinau ZH	34,666	47 ° 38 ′ 33 "  N , 8 ° 36 ′ 31"  E		former monastery
Rishalden	Aare	flow	Rothrist AG	20,000	47 ° 18 ′ 39 "  N , 7 ° 53 ′ 9"  E
Roggenburg	Lauerzersee	lake	Lauerz SZ	750	47 ° 1 '52.6 "  N , 8 ° 35' 57.2"  E
Saffa Island	Lake Zurich	lake	Zurich ZH	3,000	47 ° 20 '59.1 "  N , 8 ° 32' 11.7"  E		artificial ( SAFFA 1958 )
Île de Salagnon	Lake Geneva	lake	Montreux VD	1,600	46 ° 26 '25.6 "  N , 6 ° 52' 59.2"  E		artificial, inhabited
Schachen	Aare	flow	Wangen on the Aare BE	375,000	47 ° 14 ′ 16 "  N , 7 ° 39 ′ 42"  E
Schachen	Aare	flow	Obergösgen SO, Niedergösgen SO, Winznau SO	2,400,000	47 ° 21 ′ 38 "  N , 7 ° 57 ′ 34"  E
Schacheninseli	Aare	flow	Villnachern AG, Schinznach-Dorf AG, Umiken AG	880,000	47 ° 28 '8 "  N , 8 ° 10' 24"  E
Schlossinseli	Mauensee	lake	Mauensee LU	15,000	47 ° 10 '9 "  N , 8 ° 4' 26.4"  E		inhabited (castle)
Schnäggeninseli	Lake Brienz	lake	Iseltwald BE	1,653	46 ° 42 ′ 59.3 "  N , 7 ° 58 ′ 21.3"  E
Chive Island	Walensee	lake	Fourths SG	800	47 ° 7 ′ 6.3 "  N , 9 ° 17 ′ 16.2"  E		flooded at high sea level
Schönenwerd / Schönenwirt	Lake Zurich	lake	Richterswil ZH	1,885	47 ° 12 '13.8 "  N , 8 ° 43' 2.2"  E
Island near Schönenwerd	Aare	flow	Schönenwerd SO	4,500	47 ° 22 ′ 52.6 "  N , 8 ° 0 ′ 6.2"  E
Schwanau	Lauerzersee	lake	Lauerz SZ	5,728	47 ° 1 '57.4 "  N , 8 ° 35' 52.1"  E		Castle, chapel
Inseli in Lake Sempach (Gamma Island)	Sempachersee	lake	Sursee LU	1,000	47 ° 10 '4.3 "  N , 8 ° 7' 35.6"  E
Play mat	Aare	flow	Unterseen BE	39,000	46 ° 41 ′ 9 ″  N , 7 ° 51 ′ 4 ″  E		City quarter
Stropping island	Limmat , Aare	flow	Gibstorf AG	43,000	47 ° 30 ′ 13 ″  N , 8 ° 14 ′ 12 ″  E
St. Peters Island	Lake Biel	lake	Twann-Tüscherz BE	1,500,000	47 ° 4 ′ 11 "  N , 7 ° 8 ′ 27"  E		Since the 1st Jurassic Water Correction Peninsula, only separated from the land by a (bridged) canal
Ufenau	Lake Zurich	lake	Freienbach SZ	112,645	47 ° 13 ′ 5 ″  N , 8 ° 46 ′ 54 ″  E		inhabited
Vogelraupfi	Aare	flow	Bannwil BE	14,000	47 ° 13 '37.8 "  N , 7 ° 43' 8"  E
Will	Rhine	flow	Eschenz TG / Stein am Rhein SH	15,854	47 ° 39 '19.4 "  N , 8 ° 51' 59.2"  E		inhabited
Werdinsel	Limmat	flow	Zurich ZH	79,000	47 ° 24 ′ 0 ″  N , 8 ° 29 ′ 16 ″  E		artificial (hydroelectric power station)
Island in the Wohlensee	Wohlensee	lake	Frauenkappelen , Wohlen near Bern BE	8'200	46 ° 57 '57 "  N , 7 ° 21" 38.9 "  E
Zurlinden	Aare	flow	Aarau AG	250,000	47 ° 24 '10 "  N , 8 ° 3' 14"  E

See also

• List of the Rhine islands

Web links

• Islands on the Switzerland Tourism website
• Directory of the islands ( memento of September 16, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), romankoch.ch
• Swiss Islands - Everyday Escape (PDF) , list of Swiss islands for the Siesta broadcast by DRS 1 from October 14, 2008

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