Lake Sils (German Silsersee , Romansh : Lej da Segl ) is a lake in the Upper Engadine valley, Grisons , Switzerland . It takes its name from the village of Sils im Engadin .
5-456: The lake lies at an altitude of 1,797 metres above sea level, between Maloja Pass and Lake Silvaplana . Several mountains over 3,000 metres overlook the lake, notably Piz Corvatsch , Piz Grevasalvas and Piz da la Margna . The lake's drainage basin culminates at Piz Fora (3,336 m) and comprises the Vadrec da Fedoz glacier. With a surface area of 4.1 km, Lake Sils is the largest lake of
10-691: The Engadine with the Val Bregaglia , still in Switzerland and Chiavenna in Italy . It marks the divide between the Danube and Po watersheds. Lägh da Bitabergh is near the pass. The road from Chiavenna to Silvaplana with distances and elevation : The Maloja Pass is open in winter. However, after heavy snowfalls the road may be closed for a couple of hours or for an entire day. Even if open,
15-538: The Engadine. It is also the largest natural lake in the Alps lying above 1,000 metres. The lake was formed by a prehistoric landslide dam, similarly to Lake Silvaplana. The wooded Chastè peninsula extends into the lake at its north-eastern end. At the end of the peninsula there is a plaque to Friedrich Nietzsche with a passage from Thus Spoke Zarathustra . Near the peninsula is located the wooded island of Chaviolas ,
20-518: The eastern and western ends of the lake. Other hamlets are Cadlägh, Isola and Plaun da Lej. This article related to a lake in Graubünden is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Maloja Pass Maloja Pass ( Italian : Passo del Maloja , German : Malojapass ) (1815m a.s.l.) is a high mountain pass in the Swiss Alps in the canton of Graubünden , linking
25-641: The largest in Lake Sils. Annually, in winter, the cross-country Engadin Skimarathon crosses the lake, starting at its edge in the Maloja Palace . Boat connections run from end of June to end of September, making Lake Sils one of the highest lake in Europe with public transport boat route. The largest villages on Lake Sils are Sils im Engadin and Maloja (part of Bregaglia ), located respectively at
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