Attersee (lake)

Attersee
Kammersee
Location of the lake in Austria.
Location of the lake in Austria.
Attersee
Kammersee
LocationSalzkammergut, Upper Austria
Coordinates47°54′N 13°33′E / 47.900°N 13.550°E / 47.900; 13.550
Primary inflowsSeeache
Primary outflowsAger
Catchment area464 km2 (179 sq mi)
Basin countriesAustria
Max. length18.9 km (11.7 mi)
Max. width3.3 km (2.1 mi)
Surface area46.2 km2 (17.8 sq mi)
Average depth85 m (279 ft)
Max. depth169 m (554 ft)
Water volume3.943 km3 (3,197,000 acre⋅ft)
Surface elevation469 m (1,539 ft)
IslandsLitzlberg Castle
SettlementsSeewalchen, Schörfling, Weyregg,
Steinbach, Unterach, Nußdorf,
Attersee

Attersee, also known as Kammersee, English sometimes Lake Atter,[1][2] is the largest lake of the Salzkammergut region in the Austrian state of Upper Austria. It is Austria's third largest lake by area, surpassed only by Lake Constance and Lake Neusiedl, which, however, both of those larger lakes extend beyond national borders.

  1. ^ S. Jost Casper, ed. (1985). "Lake Stechlin: A Temperate Oligotrophic Lake". Monographiae Biologicae. 58. doi:10.1007/978-94-009-5506-6. ISBN 978-94-010-8930-2. S2CID 40861760.
  2. ^ Arnold, Béat (2007-08-23). Francesco Menotti (ed.). "Living on the Lake in Prehistoric Europe: 150 Years of Lake-Dwelling Research". International Journal of Nautical Archaeology. 36 (2): 432–433. Bibcode:2007IJNAr..36..432A. doi:10.1111/j.1095-9270.2007.163_4.x.