St. Peter’s Island
St. Peter's Island is a peninsula and former island situated in Lake Biel in the canton of Bern, Switzerland. It has a length of about 5 kilometres and a maximum width of 800 metres.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Island
- Description: peninsula in the lake of Biel/Bienne in the canton of Bern, Switzerland
- Also known as: “Ile-de-Saint-Pierre” and “St. Petersinsel”
Places of Interest
Highlights include So called Rousseau-Pavillon and Court Ligerz.
So called Rousseau-Pavillon
Building
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So called Rousseau-Pavillon is a building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ligerz and Bipschal.
Ligerz
Village
Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ligerz is a municipality in the Biel/Bienne administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
Twann
Village
Photo: Roland Zumbuehl, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Twann was a municipality in the district of Nidau in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. On 1 January 2010 the municipalities of Tüscherz-Alfermée and Twann merged into the municipality of Twann-Tüscherz. Twann is situated 2½ km north of St. Peter’s Island.
St. Peter’s Island
- Categories: peninsula and landform
- Location: Canton of Bern, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“St. Peter’s Island” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جزيرة القديس بطرس”
- Arpitan: “Ila de Sent-Pierro”
- Cebuano: “Sankt Petersinsel”
- Chinese: “圣彼得岛”
- Chinese: “聖彼得島”
- Dutch: “St. Petersinsel”
- French: “Douanne,Ile Saint-Pierre”
- French: “île de Saint-Pierre”
- French: “Ile Saint-Pierre”
- French: “Île saint-pierre”
- French: “Île Saint-Pierre”
- German: “Chüngeliinsel”
- German: “Ile Saint-Pierre”
- German: “Sankt-Petersinsel”
- German: “St. Petersinsel”
- Italian: “Île de Saint-Pierre”
- Italian: “Isola di San Pietro”
- Italian: “St. Petersinsel”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “St. Petersinsel”
- Romansh: “Insla da Son Pieder”
- Romansh: “St. Petersinsel/Île Saint-Pierre”
- Sicilian: “Isula di San Pietru”
- Spanish: “Isla de San Pedro”
- Swedish: “Sankt Petersinsel”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Ligerz railway station and Lake Biel.
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