place

Île de Peilz

Geography of the canton of VaudIndividual plane treesIslands of SwitzerlandLake GenevaUninhabited islands
Île de Peilz 1
Île de Peilz 1

The Île de Peilz (Peilz Island) is a minute island at the eastern end of Lake Geneva in Switzerland, close to Villeneuve, Vaud. Measuring a few dozen square meters and featuring a monumental plane tree, it is the smallest and the only natural island in the lake. Its history is unclear, but it was built up in its current form in the 18th century. It has left cultural traces in the works of Lord Byron and Hans Christian Andersen, as well as in local legend. More recently, it has become a popular subject of social media photographs.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article Île de Peilz (License: CC BY-SA 3.0, Authors, Images).

Île de Peilz
Route des Saviez,

Geographical coordinates (GPS) Address Nearby Places
placeShow on map

Wikipedia: Île de PeilzContinue reading on Wikipedia

Geographical coordinates (GPS)

Latitude Longitude
N 46.4 ° E 6.913889 °
placeShow on map

Address

Route des Saviez

Route des Saviez
1844
Vaud, Switzerland
mapOpen on Google Maps

Île de Peilz 1
Île de Peilz 1
Share experience

Nearby Places