Zeller See (Lake Constance)

The Zeller See (Standard German of Germany; Swiss Standard German: Zellersee; could be translated as "Lake of Radolfzell") is part of the Lower Lake, the lower part of Lake Constance. It lies in the bay of Radolfzell, and between the peninsula of Mettnau to the north and the peninsula of Höri to the south. To the west it is bounded by the ried of the Radolfzeller Aach.^[1]

Zeller See
Zeller See, aerial photograph with view of the Hornspitze auf der Höri Nature Reserve near Gaienhofen looking towards Radolfzell
Zeller See
Location	Baden-Württemberg
Coordinates	47°43′13″N 08°58′58″E / 47.72028°N 8.98278°E / 47.72028; 8.98278
Part of	Untersee (Lake Constance)
Primary inflows	Radolfzeller Aach
Primary outflows	Rheinsee
Max. length	5.4 km (3.4 mi)
Max. width	2.35 km (1.46 mi)
Surface area	11 km^2 (4.2 sq mi)
Max. depth	22 metres (72 ft)
Surface elevation	395.3 m (1,297 ft)
Islands	Liebesinsel
Settlements	Radolfzell

The Zeller See has a maximum depth of 22 metres.^[2]

See also

• Obersee (Lake Constance)
• Gnadensee
• Rheinsee

References

1. Bodensee: Teilseen und Rheinmündung (Lake Constance: constituent lakes and confluence with the Rhine, map)
2. ikgb Internationale Gewässerschutzkommission für den Bodensee: Limnologischer Zustand des Bodensees, Report No. 40, p. 43

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