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==Geography==
[[File:Lake Lugano.jpg|thumb|right|Lake
[[File:Lake of Lugano from Porlezza.jpg|thumb|right|Porlezza, at the head of the lake in Italy]]
The lake is {{convert|48.7|km2|abbr=on}} in size, 63% of which is in Switzerland and 37% in Italy. It has an average width of roughly {{convert|1|km|abbr=on}} and a maximum width of about {{convert|3|km|abbr=on}} at the bay of Lugano. A maximum depth of {{convert|288|m|abbr=on}} is found in the northern basin. The culminating point of the lake's drainage basin is the [[Pizzo di Gino]] summit in the [[Lugano Prealps]] ({{convert|2245|m|abbr=on|disp=semicolon}}).<ref>{{cite map |publisher= [[Swisstopo]] |title= 1:25,000 topographic map |url= http://s.geo.admin.ch/be8a99d70 |access-date= 2014-07-28 }}</ref> Bathing in the lake is allowed at any of the 50 or so bathing establishments located along the Swiss shores.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lakelugano.ch/it/41/stato_di_salute_del_ceresio_.aspx |title=Stato di Salute del Ceresio |website=LakeLugano.ch |publisher=Società Navigazione Lago di Lugano |access-date=2008-11-22 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081228042354/http://www.lakelugano.ch/it/41/stato_di_salute_del_ceresio_.aspx |archive-date=2008-12-28 }} (in Italian)</ref>
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