Märjelensee
Märjelensee is a lake in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. It formed on the eastern side of the Aletsch Glacier in the 19th century.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in Canton of Valais, Switzerland
- Also known as: “Marjelensee”, “Marjelenseen”, and “Märjelsee”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Eggishorn and Aletsch Glacier.
Eggishorn
Peak
Photo: Thisisbossi, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The Eggishorn is a mountain in the southeastern part of the Bernese Alps, located north of Fiesch in the Swiss canton of Valais. A cable car station is located on a secondary summit named Fiescherhorli, 500 metres south of the main peak.
Aletsch Glacier
Glacier
Photo: Espandero, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Aletsch Glacier or Great Aletsch Glacier is the largest glacier in the Alps. It has a length of about 23 km, a volume of 15.4 km3, and covers about 81.7 km2 in the eastern Bernese Alps in the Swiss canton of Valais.
Strahlhorn
Peak
The Strahlhorn is a mountain of the Bernese Alps, overlooking the Aletsch Glacier in the canton of Valais. It lies at the southern end of the Gross Wannenhorn range, just north of the Märjelensee.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fieschertal and Fiesch.
Fieschertal
Village
Photo: Kuebi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fieschertal is a village and municipality in the district of Goms in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. Besides the village of Fieschertal, the municipality includes the nearby hamlets of Wichul, Zer Flie, and Wirbul.
Fiesch
Photo: Tobi 87, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fiesch is a village in the Swiss Valais. It is the access point for the nearby villages of Fiescheralp, Fieschertal and Bellwald.
Bellwald
Village
Photo: Wandervogel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bellwald is a municipality in the district of Goms in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.
Märjelensee
- Category: body of water
- Location: Valais, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
46.44083° or 46° 26′ 27″ northLongitude
8.09215° or 8° 5′ 32″ eastElevation
2,302 metres (7,552 feet)Open location code
8FRCC3RR+8VOpenStreetMap ID
way 27835309OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=lakeGeoNames ID
2659759Wikidata ID
Q677258
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Märjelensee” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Märjelensee”
- Chinese: “梅耶倫湖”
- Czech: “Märjelensee”
- Dutch: “Märjelenmeer”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بحيره مارچيلينسى”
- French: “Lac de Marjelen”
- French: “lac de Märjelen”
- French: “Lac de Märjelen”
- French: “Lac Märjelen”
- German: “Gletscherstube am Märjelensee”
- German: “Märjelen”
- German: “Märjelensee”
- German: “Märjelenseen”
- Japanese: “メルジェレン湖”
- Korean: “메르옐렌제”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Märjelensee”
- Portuguese: “Lago Märjelensee”
- Slovak: “Märjelensee”
- Spanish: “Lago de Marjelen”
- Spanish: “Lago de Märjelen”
- Spanish: “Marjelensee”
- Spanish: “Märjelensee”
- Swedish: “Märjelensee”
- Ukrainian: “Мер’єлензее”
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