Illsee
Illsee is a natural lake used as a reservoir above Sierre, in the Valais, Switzerland. Its surface area is 0.21 km2.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Illhorn and Rothorn.
Illhorn
Peak
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The Illhorn is a mountain of the Swiss Pennine Alps, overlooking Chandolin in the canton of Valais. With a height of 2,717 metres above sea level, it is the highest point of the Illgraben valley.
Brunnethorn
Peak
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The Brunnethorn is a mountain of the Swiss Pennine Alps, overlooking Oberems in the canton of Valais. It is located north of the higher Bella Tola.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chandolin and Saint-Luc.
Chandolin
Village
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Chandolin is a village in the district of Sierre in the Swiss canton of Valais. An independent municipality before, it merged on 1 January 2009 with neighboring Ayer, Grimentz, Saint Jean, Saint-Luc and Vissoie to form the municipality of Anniviers.
Saint-Luc
Village
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Saint-Luc is a village in the district of Sierre in the Swiss canton of Valais. An independent municipality before, it merged on 1 January 2009 with neighboring Ayer, Chandolin, Grimentz, Saint Jean and Vissoie to form the municipality of Anniviers.
Vissoie
Village
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Vissoie is a village in the district of Sierre in the Swiss canton of Valais. The village became an independent municipality in 1905 when it split from the municipalities of Ayer and Grimentz.
Illsee
- Type: Reservoir
- Description: reservoir
- Category: body of water
- Location: Leuk, Leuk District, Valais, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.25749° or 46° 15′ 27″ northLongitude
7.63176° or 7° 37′ 54″ eastElevation
2,336 metres (7,664 feet)Open location code
8FR97J4J+XPOpenStreetMap ID
way 103427242OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=reservoirGeoNames ID
11396218Wikidata ID
Q492711
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Portuguese—“Illsee” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Illsee”
- French: “Illsee”
- German: “Illsee”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Illsee”
- Portuguese: “Lago Illsee”
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