Lago del Sambuco
Lago del Sambuco is a reservoir above Fusio, in the municipality of Lavizzara, Ticino, Switzerland. Its surface area is 1.11 km². The dam of Sambuco on the Maggia River was completed in 1956. Its maximum height is 130 m and length 363 m.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Lake
- Description: reservoir above Fusio, in the municipality of Lavizzara, Ticino, Switzerland
- Also known as: “Stausee Sambuco”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Pizzo di Röd and Santa Maria Assunta Church.
Pizzo di Röd
Peak
Pizzo di Röd is a mountain of the Lepontine Alps, overlooking Fusio in the canton of Ticino. It is located on the chain separating the Valle di Peccia from the Val Lavizzara.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fusio and Mogno.
Fusio
Village
Photo: Awd, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fusio is a village and former municipality in the district of Vallemaggia in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland. In 2004 the municipality was merged with the other, neighboring municipalities Broglio, Brontallo, Menzonio, Peccia and Prato-Sornico to form a new and larger municipality Lavizzara.
Mogno
Village
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Mogno is a village in Vallemaggia District in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland. Mogno is situated near the top of Val Lavizzara, a valley through which the upper Maggia River flows.
Piotta
Village
Photo: Luigi Rosa, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Piotta is a village in the municipality of Quinto in the Swiss canton of Ticino.
Lago del Sambuco
- Categories: reservoir and body of water
- Location: Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
46.46564° or 46° 27′ 56″ northLongitude
8.64708° or 8° 38′ 50″ eastElevation
1,410 metres (4,626 feet)Open location code
8FRCFJ8W+7ROpenStreetMap ID
way 23463873OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=lakeGeoNames ID
2658845Wikidata ID
Q673053
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Lago del Sambuco” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Lago Sambuco”
- Chinese: “桑布科湖”
- Dutch: “Lago del Sambuco”
- French: “lac de Sambuco”
- French: “Lac de Sambuco”
- German: “Lago del Sambuco”
- German: “Staumauer Sambuco”
- Italian: “lago del Sambuco”
- Italian: “Lago del Sambuco”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lago del Sambuco”
- Portuguese: “Lago Sambuco”
- Swedish: “Lago Sambuco”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Scheggia and Pizzo del Corte Vecchio.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Lago del Sambuco”. Photo: Plattens, CC BY-SA 3.0.