Como,

Como, LAKE OF (Ital. Lago di Como, or Il Lario, ancient Larius Lacus), a sheet of water, in Northern Italy, lying at the foot of the Bernine Alps. It is chiefly formed by the river Adda, which enters it at its north, and issues at its south-eastern extremity. The total length of the lake from Como to Riva is about 30 miles. Fifteen miles from its northern extremity, the promontory of Bellagio divides it into two branches, the shorter of which is called the Lago di Lecco. The greatest breadth of the lake is $2\backslash frac\{1\}\{2\}$ miles, but throughout the greatest part of its length it is much less. It is 663 feet above sea-level, has a mean depth of 870 feet, and is 1352 feet deep at the deepest part. The beauty of the surrounding scenery and the salubrity of the climate have made the Lake of Como the most celebrated and most resorted to in Italy, its shores being everywhere studded with noble villas. See Lund, Como and the Italian Lakes (1887).