Triftsee
The Triftsee is a proglacial lake below the Trift Glacier in Gadmen, in the canton of Bern, Switzerland. It began forming in the late 1990s as the glacier retreated and expanded significantly after 2001.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Thisisbossi, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Hinter Tierberg and Windegghütte.
Hinter Tierberg
Peak
Photo: Stan45, Public domain.
The Hinter Tierberg is a 3,445 metres high mountain in the Uri Alps, located on the border between the cantons of Bern and Uri. It overlooks the Trift Glacier on its west side and the Chelen Glacier on its east side.
Radlefshorn
Peak
The Radlefshorn is a mountain of the Urner Alps, overlooking Gadmen in the canton of Bern. On its southern side it overlooks the Trift Glacier and the lake of Trift.
Triftsee
- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in Gadmen in the canton of Bern, Switzerland
- Category: body of water
- Location: Innertkirchen, Interlaken-Oberhasli, Canton of Bern, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
46.69034° or 46° 41′ 25″ northLongitude
8.3586° or 8° 21′ 31″ eastElevation
1,690 metres (5,545 feet)Open location code
8FRCM9R5+4COpenStreetMap ID
way 75367301OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=lakeGeoNames ID
11396213Wikidata ID
Q4463295
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