Triftsee

The Triftsee is a proglacial lake below the Trift Glacier in , in the , Switzerland. It began forming in the late 1990s as the glacier retreated and expanded significantly after 2001.
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Photo: Thisisbossi, CC BY-SA 2.5.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hinter Tierberg and Windegghütte.

Peak
Photo: Stan45, Public domain.
The is a 3,445 metres high mountain in the Uri Alps, located on the border between the cantons of and . It overlooks the Trift Glacier on its west side and the on its east side.

Mountain hut
Photo: Paebi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a mountain hut.

Peak
The is a mountain of the Urner Alps, overlooking in the canton of . On its southern side it overlooks the Trift Glacier and the lake of Trift.

Triftsee

Latitude
46.69036° or 46° 41′ 25″ north
Longitude
8.3586° or 8° 21′ 31″ east
Elevation
1,690 metres (5,545 feet)
Open location code
8FRCM9R5+4C
Open­Street­Map ID
way 75367301
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Open­Street­Map feature
water=­lake
Geo­Names ID
11396213
Wiki­data ID
Q4463295
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Russian—“Triftsee” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “特里夫特湖”
  • Chuvash: “Трифтзе”
  • Dutch: “Triftmeer”
  • French: “Triftsee”
  • German: “Triftsee”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Triftsee”
  • Russian: “Трифт (озеро)”
  • Russian: “Трифт”
  • Russian: “Трифтзе”

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