Lake como is a lake of glacial origin in Lombardy, Italy. It has an area of 146 km², making it the third largest lake in Italy, after Lake Garda and Lake Maggiore. At 410 m deep it is one of the deepest lakes in Europe and the bottom of the lake is more than 200 m below sea-level.
The lake is shaped like an upside-down ¡§Y¡¨ or like a back-to-front ¡§£f¡¨. The northern branch begins at the town of Colico, while the towns of Como and Lecco sit at the ends of the southwestern and southeastern branches respectively. The small towns of Bellagio, Menaggio and Varenna are situated at the intersection of the three branches of the lake: a triangular boat service operates between them.

Lake Como is fed in large part by the Adda River, which enters the lake near Colico and flows out at Lecco. This geological conformation makes the southwestern branch a dead end, and so Como, unlike Lecco, is often flooded. The beauty of this scenery was the main reason Italian/American pop icon Gwen Stefani's music video, "Cool", was shot here. It was one of the location used to represent planet Naboo in the movie Star Wars Episode II. Also, actor/director/producer George Clooney bought a $7 million villa there in 2001. Matt Bellamy from the rock band Muse also owns a home there.