Tomasee

Lake Toma is a lake at the northern face of , above the village of Tschamut in the canton of , . Its surface area is 2.5 ha.
Wikipedia
Photo: Dages, Public domain.
  • Type: Lake
  • Description: lake in Graubünden, Switzerland
  • Also known as: “Lag da Toma”, “Lai da Tuma”, “Lake Toma”, and “Tomaseemaarten”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Badus and Sources of the Rhine.

Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Piz or Six Madun is a mountain in the , lying on the border between the cantons of and Graubünden. In its northwestern face, which is the Graubünden side, lies Tomasee, source of the Anterior Rhine.

Spring
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The source of the River Rhine is generally regarded to be Lake Toma, in the Swiss canton of . The lake's outflow, the Rein da Tuma, subsequently becomes the , which later confluences with the to form the Rhine.

Peak
Photo: Parpan05, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a mountain of the Swiss , located south of Tschamut in the canton of Graubünden.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tschamut and Andermatt.

Hamlet
Photo: Kecko, CC BY 2.0.
is a hamlet.

Photo: Aniacra, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a town and ski resort in the canton of Uri, . It is located at a crossroad in the Alps with great historical importance. Before the opening of the Gotthard car and train tunnels, a big part of the north–south traffic had to pass through here.

Village
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is a village and municipality in the in . It sits at the northern end of the Gotthard tunnel. The riots saw Urner troops opening fire on Italian miners demonstrating for better working conditions and wages on the tunnel's construction site. is situated 8 km northwest of Tomasee.

Tomasee

Latitude
46.63243° or 46° 37′ 57″ north
Longitude
8.67251° or 8° 40′ 21″ east
Elevation
2,349 metres (7,707 feet)
Open location code
8FRCJMJF+X2
Open­Street­Map ID
way 27772284
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Open­Street­Map feature
water=­lake
Geo­Names ID
11396367
Wiki­data ID
Q690343
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Satellite Map

Discover Tomasee from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Turkish—“Tomasee” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Llac de Toma”
  • Chinese: “托馬湖”
  • Chinese: “托马湖”
  • Danish: “Tomasee”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بحيره توماسى”
  • French: “lac de Toma”
  • French: “Lac de Toma”
  • French: “Lag da Toma”
  • German: “Lag da Toma”
  • German: “Lai da Tuma”
  • German: “Tomasee”
  • Japanese: “トーマ湖”
  • Korean: “토마호”
  • Latin: “Lacus Tuma”
  • Lombard: “Lach de Toma”
  • Luxembourgish: “Séi vun Toma”
  • Luxembourgish: “Tomaséi”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Tomasee”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Tomasee”
  • Papiamento: “Tomasee”
  • Portuguese: “Lago Tomasee”
  • Romansh: “Lag da Toma”
  • Russian: “Лай-да-Тума”
  • Russian: “Томазе”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Tomasee”
  • Slovenian: “Tomasee”
  • Swiss German: “Tomasee”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Tomasee”
  • Turkish: “Tomasee Gölü”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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