Lake Lugano
Lake Lugano is a glacial lake which is situated on the border between southern Switzerland and northern Italy. The lake, named after the city of Lugano, is situated between Lake Como and Lago Maggiore.
- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in Switzerland and Italy
- Also known as: “Ceresio”, “Lake of Lugano”, “Lauisersee”, “llyn Lugano”, “Luganomeer”, and “Lugansko jezero”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Museum of Cultures and Cantonal Library of Lugano.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Caprino and Castagnola.
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Lake Lugano
- Categories: area not part of a municipality of Switzerland and body of water
- Location: Ticino, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
45.99124° or 45° 59′ 29″ north
Longitude
8.96587° or 8° 57′ 57″ east
Elevation
271 metres (889 feet)
Open location code
8FQCXXR8+F8
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Wu Chinese—“Lake Lugano” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Liqeni Lugano”
- Arabic: “بحيرة لوغانو”
- Armenian: “Լուգանո”
- Basque: “Luganoko aintzira”
- Belarusian: “Лугана”
- Belarusian: “Люгана”
- Breton: “Lenn Lugano”
- Bulgarian: “Лугано (езеро)”
- Bulgarian: “Лугано”
- Catalan: “Llac de Lugano”
- Cebuano: “Lago di Lugano”
- Chinese: “盧加諾湖”
- Chuvash: “Лугано”
- Croatian: “Lugano”
- Czech: “Luganské jezero”
- Danish: “Luganosøen”
- Dutch: “Meer van Lugano”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بحيره لوجانو”
- Esperanto: “Lago de Lugano”
- Estonian: “Lugano järv”
- Finnish: “Luganojärvi”
- French: “lac de Lugano”
- French: “Lac de Lugano”
- Galician: “Lago de Lugano”
- Georgian: “ლუგანოს ტბა”
- German: “Luganer See”
- German: “Luganersee”
- Greek: “Λίμνη Λουγκάνο”
- Greek: “Λίμνη του Λουγκάνο”
- Hebrew: “אגם לוגאנו”
- Hungarian: “Luganói-tó”
- Icelandic: “Lugano-vatn”
- Indonesian: “Danau Lugano”
- Italian: “lago di Lugano”
- Italian: “Lago di Lugano”
- Japanese: “ルガーノ湖”
- Korean: “루가노호”
- Latin: “Ceresius lacus”
- Latin: “Ceresius”
- Latvian: “Lugāno ezers”
- Lithuanian: “Lugano ežeras”
- Lombard: “Lag de Lugan”
- Lombard: “Lagh de Lügan”
- Macedonian: “Лугано”
- Mingrelian: “ლუგანოშ ტობა”
- Northern Frisian: “Luganer Sia”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Luganosjøen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Luganosjøen”
- Norwegian: “Luganosjøen”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Lac de Lugano”
- Persian: “دریاچه لوگانو”
- Persian: “دریاچه لوگنو”
- Polish: “Jezioro Lugano”
- Polish: “Lago di Lugano”
- Polish: “Lugano”
- Portuguese: “Lago de Lugano”
- Romansh: “Lai da Lugano”
- Russian: “Лугано”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Loch Lugano”
- Serbian: “Лугано”
- Serbian: “Луганско језеро”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Lugano”
- Slovenian: “Lago di Lugano”
- Spanish: “Lago de Lugano”
- Swedish: “Luganosjön”
- Swiss German: “Luganersee”
- Turkish: “Lugano Gölü”
- Ukrainian: “Лугано”
- Ukrainian: “Луґано”
- Urdu: “جھیل لوگانو”
- Venetian: “Łago de Ługan”
- Vietnamese: “Hồ Lugano”
- Welsh: “Llyn Lugano”
- Wu Chinese: “卢加诺湖”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Opera castellano del Castello di San Martino and Cantine di Caprino.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Thyssen-Bornemisza. Fondazione and Cantonal Museum of Natural History.
Ticino: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Lugano and Bellinzona.
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