Melchsee
Melchsee is a lake in the canton of Obwalden, Switzerland. It lends its name to the resort Melchsee-Frutt, in the municipality of Kerns. At an elevation of 1891 m, its surface area is 54 ha.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Melchsee-Kapelle and Turbinenanlage Stäubiloch.
Glogghüs
Peak
Photo: David Edgar, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Glogghüs is a mountain of the Urner Alps, located on the border between the Swiss cantons of Obwalden and Bern. On its northern side it overlooks the Melchsee and the village of Melchsee-Frutt.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Melchsee-Frutt and Innertkirchen.
Melchsee-Frutt
Village
Photo: Cooper, Public domain.
Melchsee-Frutt is a mountain resort village in Switzerland. It is located near the lake Melchsee, in the municipality of Kerns, canton Obwalden.
Innertkirchen
Village
Photo: Falk Lademann, CC BY 2.0.
Innertkirchen is a village and municipality in the Interlaken-Oberhasli administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. On 1 January 2014, the former municipality of Gadmen was merged into the municipality of Innertkirchen. Innertkirchen is situated 8 km southwest of Melchsee.
Meiringen
Photo: Thisisbossi, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Meiringen is a town in the Bernese Highlands of Switzerland. with a population in 2020 of 4666. It's a winter sports and mountain hiking resort, best known for the Reichenbach Falls, scene of the fictional death of Sherlock Holmes and his arch-enemy Professor Moriarty.
Melchsee
- Type: Lake
- Description: lake
- Category: body of water
- Location: Kerns, Obwalden, Canton of Obwalden, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Venetian—“Melchsee” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “梅爾希湖”
- Dutch: “Melchsee”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بحيره ميلتشسى”
- French: “Melchsee”
- German: “Melchsee”
- Italian: “lago di Melch”
- Italian: “Lago di Melch”
- Korean: “멜히호”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Melchsee”
- Portuguese: “Lago Melchsee”
- Venetian: “lago de Melch”
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