Lac de Derborence
Lac de Derborence is a mountain lake in the municipality of Conthey, Valais, Switzerland, located near the hamlet of Derborence. It was formed after rockfalls on 24 September 1714 and 23 June 1749.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Mont à Cavouère and Pas de Cheville.
Mont à Cavouère
Peak
Mont à Cavouère is a mountain of the western Bernese Alps, located near Derborence in the canton of Valais. It lies north of the Haut de Cry.
Pas de Cheville
Mountain saddle
Photo: Wala, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Pas de Cheville is a high mountain pass across the Vaud Alps, connecting Gryon in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland and Derborence in the canton of Valais.
Mont Gond
Peak
Photo: Zacharie Grossen, Public domain.
Mont Gond is a mountain of the Bernese Alps, overlooking Derborence in Valais. It is located between the Diablerets and the Rhone valley. Etang de Trente Pas is a small lake and bog below Mont Gond. Mont Gond is situated 3½ km east of Lac de Derborence.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Derborence and Solalex.
Derborence
Hamlet
Photo: Clare66, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Derborence is a hamlet in the municipality of Conthey, in the canton of Valais, in Switzerland. It is located at 1,450 metres in an isolated valley on the south side of the Bernese Alps and is not permanently inhabited.
Solalex
Hamlet
Photo: Maurice Perry, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Solalex is a hamlet, which is situated 6 km west of Lac de Derborence.
Erde
Village
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Erde is a village, which is situated 7 km southeast of Lac de Derborence.
Lac de Derborence
- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in Canton of Valais, Switzerland
- Category: body of water
- Location: Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Lac de Derborence” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Lac de Derborence”
- Dutch: “Lac de Derborence”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بحيره لاك د ديربورينس”
- Finnish: “Derborencen vuorensortumat”
- French: “lac de Derborence”
- French: “Lac de Derborence”
- German: “Lac de Derborance”
- German: “Lac de Derborence”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lac de Derborence”
- Portuguese: “Lago de Derborence”
- Swedish: “Lac de Derborence”
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About Mapcarta. 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 “Lac de Derborence”. Photo: Espandero, CC BY-SA 4.0.