Schweriner See is a lake in the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany, located at 53°37′59″N,11°27′56″E. Its surface is approximately 64 km² and its maximum depth is 52.4 metres. Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (German: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) is a Bundesland (federal state) in northern Germany. ...
Neighboring districts are (from east clockwise) Bad Doberan, Güstrow, Parchim, the district-free city Schwerin, the district Ludwigslust, and the district Lauenburg and the district-free city Lübeck in Schleswig-Holstein.
The district is roughly situated in a triangle between the towns of Lübeck, Wismar and Schwerin.
In the north there is the coast of the Baltic Sea with the small island of Poel; two large lakes are partially situated in Nordwestmecklenburg: the eastern half of the Schaalsee (23 km²) at the western border; and the northern half of the SchwerinerSee (63 km²) in the south.