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San Pancrazio and Sant'Apollinare (Brissago Islands ) are the farthest islands from the mainland.
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
428 m (1,404 ft)
1 m (3 ft)
50 m (160 ft)
No
Altstad-Insel
Lake Lucerne
Meggen
Lucerne
0.31
435 m (1,427 ft)
1 m (3 ft)
50 m (160 ft)
No
Bälliz
Aare
Thun
Bern
5.4
Yes
Chaviolas
Lake Sils
Sils
Graubünden
0.34
1,809 m (5,935 ft)
12 m (39 ft)
200 m (660 ft)
No
Chillon
Lake Geneva
Veytaux
Vaud
10 m (30 ft)
Yes
Fischergrieni
Aare
Stilli
Aargau
2.65
328 m (1,076 ft)
1 m (3 ft)
30 m (100 ft)
No
Gamma Insel
Lake Sempach
Sursee
Lucerne
0.1
505 m (1,657 ft)
1 m (3 ft)
150 m (490 ft)
No
La Grande Ile
Lake Murten
Haut-Vully
Fribourg
0.06
430 m (1,411 ft)
1 m (3 ft)
60 m (200 ft)
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
373 m (1,224 ft)
1 m (3 ft)
70 m (230 ft)
No
Ile d'Ogoz
Lake of Gruyère *
Pont-en-Ogoz
Fribourg
0.5
688 m (2,257 ft)
11 m (36 ft)
160 m (520 ft)
No
Ile de Peilz
Lake Geneva
Villeneuve
Vaud
0.004
374 m (1,227 ft)
2 m (7 ft)
500 m (1,640 ft)
No
Ile Rousseau
Rhone
Geneva
Geneva
0.2
373 m (1,224 ft)
1 m (3 ft)
60 m (200 ft)
Yes
Insel Rheinau
Rhine
Rheinau
Zurich
3.47
358 m (1,175 ft)
5 m (16 ft)
40 m (130 ft)
Yes
Inseli
Lake Zug
Zug
Zug
0.02
414 m (1,358 ft)
1 m (3 ft)
100 m (330 ft)
No
Isola di Giornico
Ticino
Giornico
Ticino
0.67
358 m (1,175 ft)
5 m (16 ft)
^
Yes
L'île
Rhone
Geneva
Geneva
1.25
374 m (1,227 ft)
34 m (110 ft)
Yes
Lützelau
Lake Zurich
Freienbach
Schwyz
3.5
414 m (1,358 ft)
8 m (26 ft)
400 m (1,310 ft)
No
Roggenburg [5]
Lake Lauerz
Lauerz
Schwyz
0.075
448 m (1,470 ft)
1 m (3 ft)
80 m (260 ft)
No
Ruppoldingen
Aare
Olten
Solothurn
Yes
Saffa-Insel
Lake Zurich
Zurich
Zurich
0.3
407 m (1,335 ft)
1 m (3 ft)
30 m (100 ft)
Yes
San Pancrazio (Brissago Islands )
Lake Maggiore
Brissago , Ronco sopra Ascona
Ticino
2.25
200 m (656 ft)
7 m (23 ft)
1,040 m (3,410 ft)
No
Sant'Apollinare (Brissago Islands )
Lake Maggiore
Brissago , Ronco sopra Ascona
Ticino
0.7
200 m (656 ft)
7 m (23 ft)
930 m (3,050 ft)
No
Schacheninseli
Aare
Villnachern
Aargau
88
Yes
Schlossinseli
Lake Mauensee
Mauensee
Lucerne
1.5
512 m (1,680 ft)
8 m (26 ft)
50 m (160 ft)
Yes
Schnäggeninseli
Lake Brienz
Iseltwald
Berne
0.165
570 m (1,870 ft)
6 m (20 ft)
300 m (980 ft)
No
Schnittlauchinsel
Lake Walensee
Quarten
St. Gallen
0.08
420 m (1,378 ft)
1 m (3 ft)
320 m (1,050 ft)
No
Schönenwerd
Lake Zurich
Richterswil
Zurich
0.15
407 m (1,335 ft)
1 m (3 ft)
230 m (750 ft)
No
Schwanau
Lake Lauerz
Lauerz
Schwyz
0.57
469 m (1,539 ft)
22 m (72 ft)
120 m (390 ft)
No
St. Peter's Island
Lake Biel
Twann
Bern
150
474 m (1,555 ft)
45 m (148 ft)
30 m (100 ft)
Yes
Ufenau
Lake Zurich
Freienbach
Schwyz
11.26
423 m (1,388 ft)
17 m (56 ft)
900 m (2,950 ft)
No
Vogelraupfi
Aare
Bannwil
Bern
1.4
No
Werd
Lake Constance
Eschenz
Thurgau
1.59
398 m (1,306 ft)
2 m (7 ft)
120 m (390 ft)
Yes
Werdinsel
Limmat
Zurich
Zurich
7.9
398 m (1,306 ft)
2 m (7 ft)
20 m (70 ft)
Yes
Unnamed islet [6]
Lake Wohlen *
Frauenkappelen
Bern
0.82
482 m (1,581 ft)
1 m (3 ft)
40 m (130 ft)
No
Unnamed islet [7]
Lake of Gruyère *
Pont-en-Ogoz
Fribourg
1.2
682 m (2,238 ft)
5 m (16 ft)
100 m (330 ft)
No
Unnamed islet [8]
Lake of Gruyère *
Pont-la-Ville
Fribourg
678 m (2,224 ft)
1 m (3 ft)
280 m (920 ft)
No
Unnamed islet [9]
Lake of Gruyère *
Pont-la-Ville
Fribourg
678 m (2,224 ft)
1 m (3 ft)
120 m (390 ft)
No
Unnamed islet [10]
Lake of Gruyère *
Corbières
Fribourg
678 m (2,224 ft)
1 m (3 ft)
100 m (330 ft)
No
Unnamed islet
Lake Hinterstockensee
Erlenbach im Simmental
Bern
0.32
1,602 m (5,256 ft)
7 m (23 ft)
20 m (70 ft)
No
Unnamed islet
Lake Caumasee
Flims
Graubünden
0.3
1,000 m (3,281 ft)
3 m (10 ft)
40 m (130 ft)
No
Unnamed islet
Lake Moesola
Mesocco
Graubünden
2,069 m (6,788 ft)
7 m (23 ft)
50 m (160 ft)
No
Unnamed islet
Lake Totensee
Obergoms
Valais
2,162 m (7,093 ft)
2 m (7 ft)
80 m (260 ft)
No
Unnamed islet
Lake Tannensee *
Kerns
Obwalden
1,977 m (6,486 ft)
1 m (3 ft)
80 m (260 ft)
No
Unnamed islet [11]
Lake Sils
Sils
Graubünden
1,798 m (5,899 ft)
1 m (3 ft)
140 m (460 ft)
No
Unnamed islet
Lake Klingnauersee *
Böttstein
Aargau
No
Islands at the confluence of Aar, Reuss and Limmat
Aare
Gebenstorf , Turgi
Argau
No
Unnamed islet
Doubs
Epiquerez
Jura
No
Unnamed islet
Lake Mauensee
Mauensee
Lucerne
505 m (1,657 ft)
1 m (3 ft)
120 m (390 ft)
No
Unnamed islet
Lake Mauensee
Mauensee
Lucerne
505 m (1,657 ft)
1 m (3 ft)
180 m (590 ft)
No
Unnamed islet
Lake Mauensee
Mauensee
Lucerne
505 m (1,657 ft)
1 m (3 ft)
50 m (160 ft)
No
Colors
Islands in lakes
Islands in rivers
See also
References
^ Retrieved from de:Liste von Schweizer Inseln
^ Height above sea level
^ Height above lake or river level
^ Approximation
^ 50 metre-long islet south of Schwanau
^ 170 metre-long islet between Talmatt and Wohlei
^ 400 metre-long islet south of La Cantine
^ 60 metre-long islet south-west of the Ile d'Ogoz
^ 30 metre-long islet south-east of the Ile d'Ogoz
^ 30 metre-long islet west of Corbières
^ 40 metre-long islet west of Chaviolas
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