Lake Millstatt is a lake in Carinthia, Austria.
Lake Millstatt is situated in the Central Eastern Alps, near the town of Spittal an der Drau. With a surface area of 13.3 km2 (5.1 sq mi) it is the second largest lake of Carinthia (after Lake WГ¶rth), though with 142 m (466 ft) by far the deepest and most voluminous. Its steep shore gives the lake a fjord-like character. The mountains in the north are up up to 2,100 metres high and protect it from cold winds, so the water temperature at the surface can reach 25 В°C (77 В°F) in summer. The narrow and long basin stretches over 12 km (7.5 mi) from east to west. In the south the wooded Hochgosch plateau with a breadth of 2 km (1.2 mi) and an elevation of 876 m (2,874 ft) divides the lake from the parallel Drava valley.
Lake Millstatt can be reached via the Spittal-Millstättersee railway station with passenger train service provided by the Austrian Federal Railways ÖBB. The B98 Millstätter Straße highway runs along the northern shore of the lake, connecting it with the A10 Tauern Autobahn motorway from Salzburg to Villach (European route E55) at the Spittal/Millstättersee junction. |