Lai da Sontga Maria
Lai da Sontga Maria is a lake, located north of the Lukmanier Pass in Switzerland. It lies almost entirely in the municipality of Medel, a tiny fraction of the south-west part of the lake belonging to the municipalities of Quinto and Blenio.- Type: Reservoir
- Description: lake located north of the Lukmanier Pass in Switzerland
- Also known as: “Lago di Santa Maria”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Scopi and Piz Gannaretsch.
Scopi
Peak
The Scopi is a 3,190-metre-high mountain in the Lepontine Alps, overlooking Lukmanier Pass on the border between the cantons of Ticino and Graubünden. A cable car connects the summit from the road of Lukmanier Pass below the dam, and on the top lies a radar and an air traffic control building, owned by the Swiss Army.
Piz Gannaretsch
Peak
Piz Gannaretsch is a mountain in the Lepontine Alps, overlooking Sedrun in Graubünden. At 3,040 metres above sea level, its summit is the highest point of the range lying between St Gotthard Pass and Lukmanier Pass.
Piz Rondadura
Peak
Piz Rondadura is a mountain in the Lepontine Alps in Switzerland, located on the border between the cantons of Graubünden and Ticino. It overlooks Lukmanier Pass and Lake Sontga Maria on its east side.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Acla and Osco.
Osco
Village
Osco is a former municipality in the district of Leventina in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. On 1 April 2012, it was incorporated into the municipality of Faido along with the former municipalities of Anzonico, Calpiogna, Campello, Cavagnago, Chironico and Mairengo. Osco is situated 9 km south of Lai da Sontga Maria.
Carì
Hamlet
Carì is a village in the Swiss Alps, located in the canton of Ticino. The village is situated in the northern part of the canton, in the Leventina valley, above Faido. Carì is situated 9 km south of Lai da Sontga Maria.
Lai da Sontga Maria
- Category: body of water
- Location: Medel, Surselva Region, Graubünden, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
46.57639° or 46° 34′ 35″ north
Longitude
8.7936° or 8° 47′ 37″ east
Elevation
1,872 metres (6,142 feet)
Open location code
8FRCHQGV+HC
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=water
OpenStreetMap feature
water=reservoir
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Ukrainian—“Lai da Sontga Maria” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “聖瑪麗亞湖”
- Dutch: “Lai da Sontga Maria”
- French: “Lai da Sontga Maria”
- German: “Lago di Santa Maria”
- German: “Lai da Sontga Maria”
- German: “Staudamm Santa Maria”
- Italian: “lago di Santa Maria”
- Italian: “Lago di Santa Maria”
- Italian: “Lai da Sontga Maria”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lago di Santa Maria”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lai da Sontga Maria”
- Portuguese: “Lago Santa Maria”
- Romansh: “Lai da Sontga Maria”
- Ukrainian: “Лай-да-Сонча-Марія”
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