Lake Sarnen

{{Short description|Lake in Switzerland}} {{Infobox body of water | name = Lake Sarnen | native_name = {{native name|de|Sarnersee}} | image = Aerial image of Lake Sarnen (view from the southwest).jpg | caption = | image_bathymetry = | caption_bathymetry = | location = Obwalden | coords = {{coord|46|51|45|N|8|12|31|E|type:waterbody_region:CH-OW|display=inline,title}} | type = | inflow = Aa, Grosse Melchaa, Dreiwässerkanal | outflow = Sarner Aa | catchment = | basin_countries = Switzerland | length = {{convert|5.7|km|abbr=on}}<ref name=swmap/> | width = {{convert|1.6|km|abbr=on}}<ref name=swmap/> | area = {{convert|7.5|km2|abbr=on}} | depth = {{convert|31|m|abbr=on}} | max-depth = {{convert|51|m|abbr=on}} | volume = {{convert|0.239|km3|acre.ft|abbr=out}} | residence_time = 0.8 years | shore = | elevation = {{convert|469|m|abbr=on}} | islands = | cities = Sarnen, Sachseln | pushpin_map = Canton of Obwalden#Canton of Bern#Switzerland#Alps | pushpin_label_position = bottom | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 13 }} '''Lake Sarnen''' (German: ''Sarnersee'') is a lake in the Swiss canton of Obwalden. The lake is on the Sarner Aa, which flows out of the Lake Lungern, through the Lake Sarnen, and into Lake Lucerne. The municipalities of Sarnen and Sachseln are located on the shores of the lake, and the Brünig railway line follows the eastern shore.<ref name=swmap>{{cite map |url=https://s.geo.admin.ch/86feec011c |title=Sarnersee |map=101 - Thuner See - Zentralschweiz |map-url=https://shop.swisstopo.admin.ch/en/products/maps/national/lk100?layer=ch.swisstopo.landeskarte100_papier.metadata&product=101&productIdentifier=101&childGroupIdentifier=lk100zus#product-101 |scale=1:100 000 |series=National Map 1:100'000 Composites |edition=2011 |date= |publisher=Federal Office of Topography – swisstopo |location=Wabern, Switzerland |isbn=978-3-302-00101-2 |via=map.geo.admin.ch |accessdate=2020-01-23}}</ref>

The lake's area is about {{convert|7.5|km2|abbr=on}} and its maximum depth is 51 m.<ref name=swmap/> It is about {{convert|5.7|km|abbr=on}} long and, at its widest, {{convert|1.6|km|abbr=on}} wide.<ref name=swmap/>

The lake is the subject of a watercolour painting by J. M. W. Turner, ''The Sarner See, Evening'', c. 1842.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/turner-the-sarner-see-evening-tw0831 | title = The Sarner See, Evening, Joseph Mallord William Turner | publisher = Tate, London | accessdate = 2013-01-06}}</ref>

==See also== *List of lakes of Switzerland

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *{{commons category-inline}} *[http://www.hydrodaten.admin.ch/en/2088.html#aktuelle_daten Waterlevels of Lake Sarnen] at Sarnen

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