Grimselsee

The Grimselsee or Lake Grimsel is an artificial lake near the in the , . With a volume of 95 million m3, it is larger than other hydroelectric in the headwaters region: , and .
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Lake
  • Description: reservoir near Grimsel pass in Guttannen iin the canton of Berne, Switzerland
  • Also known as: “Lake Grimsel”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sidelhorn and Trübtensee.

Peak
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The is a mountain of the , located west of the . It lies at the eastern end of the mountain chain between the Unteraar Glacier and the Rhone valley, named Aargrat.

Lake
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or Triebtenseewli is a lake in the municipality of , , . The reservoir's surface area is 0.1 km2. Its dam was completed in the 1950s and holds a volume of 1.1 mio m³.

Peak
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The is a mountain of the , overlooking the Grimselsee in the canton of . It is composed of several summits, of which the highest has an elevation of 2,982 metres above sea level.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gletsch and Oberwald.

Hamlet
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is a hamlet in the German-speaking half of the canton of , located in the upper Rhone valley, called , 2.5 kilometres, southeast below the Rhone Glacier's mouth and itself the headwaters of the . is situated 4½ km east of Grimselsee.

Village
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is a village in the municipality of in in the canton of in . It is situated at an elevation of 1,377 m and had a population of 277 in December 2007. is situated 5 km southeast of Grimselsee.

Village
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is a village in the municipality of in the district of Goms in the canton of in . was an independent municipality until January 1, 2009, when it merged with and to form the municipality . is situated 6 km south of Grimselsee.

Grimselsee

Latitude
46.56606° or 46° 33′ 58″ north
Longitude
8.30151° or 8° 18′ 5″ east
Elevation
1,857 metres (6,093 feet)
Open location code
8FRCH882+CJ
Geo­Names ID
2660500
Wiki­data ID
Q222022
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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Turkish—“Grimselsee” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: “Гримселсе”
  • Cebuano: “Grimselsee”
  • Chinese: “格里姆瑟爾湖”
  • Dutch: “Grimselsee”
  • Finnish: “Grimselsee”
  • French: “Grimselsee”
  • French: “lac de Grimsel”
  • French: “Lac de Grimsel”
  • German: “Grimselsee”
  • Hungarian: “Grimseli-tó”
  • Italian: “Grimselsee”
  • Japanese: “グリムゼル湖”
  • Korean: “그림젤 호수”
  • Korean: “그림젤제”
  • Korean: “그림젤호”
  • Latin: “Lacus Grimsulae”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Grimselsee”
  • Portuguese: “Lago Grimsel”
  • Spanish: “Lago Grimsel”
  • Swedish: “Grimselsee”
  • Turkish: “Grimsel Gölü”

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