Kochelsee or Lake Kochel is a lake south of

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on the edge of the

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. The western 1.7 km² or 28.3 percent of the lake lies within the borders of the town of

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, while the rest belongs to

Kochel am See Kochel am See is a municipality and a town in the district of Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen in Bavaria, on the shores of Kochelsee. The municipality consists of the districts Altjoch, Brunnenbach, Ort, Pessenbach, Pfisterberg, Walchensee and Ried. ...

. The southern edge of the lake lies up against the mountains and the northern shore is bordered by bog lands. The history of the settlement of Kochel (previously ''Quochcalun'') begins with ''Birg bei Altjoch'', a rock extrusion on the shore of the lake. The name Kochel is derived from the Latin ''cocula'' meaning head or cone. The

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flows into the lake at Schlehdorf and flows out at Kochel am See. A similar amount of water flows into the lake from the

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through the

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Origin

The lake was created during the last glacial period of the

current ice age The Late Cenozoic Ice Age,National Academy of Sciences - The National Academies Press - Continental Glaciation through Geologic Times https://www.nap.edu/read/11798/chapter/8#80 or Antarctic Glaciation began 33.9 million years ago at the Eocen ...

by the Loisach-Isar glacier. The bottom of the glacier scraped out the lakebed. The basin then filled with water at the end of the glacial period. The northern end of the lake silted up forming bogs.

Settlements

The following settlements border the lake: *

* Raut (part of Schlehdorf) *

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* Altjoch (part of Kochel am See) All are part of the district

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