被翡翠湾环绕的芬尼特岛，太浩湖，加利福尼亚 Fannette Island surrounded by Emerald Bay, Lake Tahoe, California (© Rachid Dahnoun/Tandem Stills + Motion)

被翡翠湾环绕的芬尼特岛，太浩湖，加利福尼亚 Fannette Island surrounded by Emerald Bay, Lake Tahoe, California (© Rachid Dahnoun/Tandem Stills + Motion)

这座岛海拔超过一英里 This island is more than a mile high

Fannette Island, Lake Tahoe

Tucked into a tiny bay of a grand alpine lake is this granite bump called Fannette Island, the only island in Lake Tahoe. The massive lake lies in the Sierra Nevada at an altitude of 6,225 feet, straddling the state line between California to the west and Nevada to the east with near perfect symmetry. Fannette Island is in Emerald Bay, on the California side of Tahoe's southwest shore. A narrow inlet, seen here at the top center of this image, connects Emerald Bay to the rest of the lake, whose natural beauty draws visitors in all seasons of the year.

Lake Tahoe is known as a mecca for boaters and skiers. Its frigid alpine water is renowned for its clarity. Despite the cold winter temperatures that provide the surrounding ski resorts with ample snowpack, the lake never freezes. The largest alpine lake in North America, Tahoe rivals even the Great Lakes by volume because it is so deep.

Ice-Age glaciers, nature's master sculptors, carved out Emerald Bay eons ago, and for some reason left behind in its wake tiny Fannette Island. It has been known by a half dozen names over the last century, before Fannette finally stuck. A short hike to the top, 150 feet above the water, will take you to the ruins of an old stone building called the 'Tea House,' constructed in the 1920s by the former owner of the island as well as a nearby estate on Emerald Bay called Vikingsholm (the property is now owned by the state and is a popular feature of Emerald Bay State Park). The tea house was used for exactly that, intimate tea parties in surroundings that would be nearly impossible to duplicate in any other home. While tea is no longer served atop the island, the alpine vistas are still there for the taking.

芬尼特岛，太浩湖

在一个巨大的阿尔卑斯湖的一个小海湾里，有一个花岗岩突起，叫做范内特岛，它是太浩湖中唯一的一个岛。这个巨大的湖泊位于内华达山脉，海拔6225英尺，西跨加利福尼亚州，东临内华达州，几乎对称。范内特岛位于翡翠湾，在太浩岛西南海岸的加利福尼亚一侧。图中顶部中央有一个狭窄的小湾，将翡翠湾与湖的其余部分连接起来，湖的自然美景吸引了一年四季的游客。

太浩湖是著名的划船者和滑雪者的圣地。它寒冷的高山水以清澈见长。尽管寒冷的冬季为周围的滑雪场提供了充足的积雪，但湖面从未结冰。塔霍湖是北美最大的阿尔卑斯湖，其湖水如此之深，在容量上甚至可以与五大湖匹敌。

冰河时代的冰川，大自然的大师级雕塑家，在亿万年前就雕刻出了翡翠湾，出于某种原因，留下了小小的范内特岛。在范内特最终坚持之前，在过去的一个世纪里，人们已经知道了半打名字。登上海拔150英尺的山顶，你将看到一座名为“茶馆”的古老石头建筑的废墟，这座建筑是20世纪20年代由该岛的前主人建造的，附近还有一处位于翡翠湾的庄园，名为Vikingsholm（该庄园现在归国家所有，是翡翠湾国家公园的一个热门景点）。茶馆正是用来举办这种亲密的茶话会的，周围的环境几乎不可能在任何其他家庭中复制。虽然岛上不再供应茶，但阿尔卑斯山的景色仍然可以欣赏。