Bonigersee

Bonigersee is a lake at Törbel in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. Its surface area is 0.9 ha. The raised bog is listed in the Federal Inventory of Raised and Transitional Bogs of National Importance and the Federal Inventory of Amphibian Spawning Areas.

Type: Lake
Description: lake in Canton of Valais, Switzerland
Also known as: “Boniger See”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Stalden-Saas railway station.

Stalden-Saas railway station

Railway station

Stalden-Saas railway station

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Stalden-Saas railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Stalden, in the Swiss canton of Valais. It is an intermediate stop on the 1,000 mm metre gauge Brig–Zermatt line and is served by local trains only.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Moosalp and Stalden.

Moosalp

Locality

Photo: Daniel Reust, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Moosalp is a high mountain pass across the western Pennine Alps, connecting Bürchen with Törbel in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. The pass lies north-east of Augstbordhorn.

Stalden

Village

Photo: Lysippos, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Stalden is a municipality in the district of Visp in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. It lies at the foot of the Mischabelhörner and Dom.

Bürchen

Village

Photo: Daniel Reust, CC BY 4.0.

Bürchen is a municipality in the district of Raron in the German-speaking part of the canton of Valais in Switzerland.

Bonigersee

Category: body of water
Location: Törbel, Visp District, Valais, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

46.25602° or 46° 15′ 22″ north

Longitude

7.84425° or 7° 50′ 39″ east

Elevation

2,095 metres (6,873 feet)

Open location code

8FR97R4V+CP

OpenStreetMap ID

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

OpenStreetMap feature

water=lake

GeoNames ID

Wikidata ID

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Norwegian Nynorsk to Portuguese—“Bonigersee” goes by many names.

Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bonigersee”
Portuguese: “Lago Bonigersee”

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