St. Peter's Island (Berne)
Query URLs
https://term.museum-digital.de/md-de/place/67628
- Note
- "St. Peter´s Island (French: Île Saint-Pierre ;German: Sankt Petersinsel; is a peninsula and former island situated in Lake Biel in the canton of Bern, Switzerland. It has a length of about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) and a maximum width of 800 metres (2,600 ft). Its highest point is 474 metres (1,555 ft) above sea level or 45 metres (148 ft) above lake level (429 m [ 1,407 ft ]). It was formed in the last Ice Age (see Pleistocene), when the Rhône Glacier reached as far as the Jura mountains. It is a promontory of the Jolimont, above Erlach. Politically the island is split between the municipalities of Erlach and Twann-Tüscherz, the largest part belonging to the latter municipality." - (en.wikipedia.org 16.12.2020)
- Latitude
- 47.070835113525
- Longitude
- 7.1424999237061
- Elevation
- 429
- Time zone
- Europe/Zurich
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