Riffelsee
Riffelsee is an alpine lake above the town of Zermatt in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. Riffelsee has an elevation of 2,763 metres.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Riffelhorn and Rotenboden railway station.
Riffelhorn
Peak
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The Riffelhorn is a mountain in the Swiss section of the Pennine Alps, located south of Zermatt in the canton of Valais. The Riffelhorn forms part of the Gorner ridge and provides excellent rock climbing facilities having several routes of a different Climbing grades.
Rotenboden railway station
Railway stop
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Rotenboden is a railway station on the Gornergrat railway, a rack railway which links the resort of Zermatt with the summit of the Gornergrat. The station is situated west of the Gornergrat, in the Swiss municipality of Zermatt and canton of Valais.
Gornergrat
Scenic viewpoint
Photo: Herzi Pinki, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The Gornergrat is a rocky ridge of the Pennine Alps, overlooking the Gorner Glacier south-east of Zermatt in Switzerland. It can be reached from Zermatt by the Gornergrat rack railway, the highest open-air railway in Europe.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Riffelalp and Furi.
Riffelalp
Hamlet
Photo: Simisa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Riffelalp is a hamlet in the municipality of Zermatt in the canton of Valais. It is located at a height of 2,222 metres above sea level, just above the tree line, approximately halfway between the town of Zermatt and the Gornergrat mountain.
Furi
Hamlet
Furi is an alpine hamlet in the Pennine Alps, located three kilometers south of Zermatt, Switzerland at an altitude of 1,687m. It is located on a relatively flat area of land between the Gornera and Zmuttbach rivers. Furi is situated 3 km northwest of Riffelsee.
Findeln
Locality
Photo: Zermatt photos, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Findeln is a group of hamlets above Zermatt in the canton of Valais. They are located on the south facing slopes of the Sunnegga–Unterrothorn–Oberrothorn mountains. Findeln is situated 3½ km north of Riffelsee.
Riffelsee
- Type: Body of water
- Description: alpine lake above the town of Zermatt in the canton of Valais, Switzerland
- Category: lake
- Location: Zermatt, Visp District, Valais, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
45.98336° or 45° 59′ 0″ northLongitude
7.76205° or 7° 45′ 43″ eastElevation
2,763 metres (9,065 feet)Open location code
8FQ9XQM6+8ROpenStreetMap ID
way 34291839OpenStreetMap feature
natural=water
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Riffelsee” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بحيرة ريفيل”
- Catalan: “Llac Riffelsee”
- Catalan: “Riffelsee”
- Cebuano: “Riffelsee”
- Dutch: “Riffelsee”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بحيره ريفيل”
- French: “Riffelsee”
- German: “Riffelsee”
- Japanese: “リッフェル湖”
- Korean: “리펠제”
- Korean: “리펠호”
- Luxembourgish: “Riffelsee”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Riffelsee”
- Portuguese: “Lago Riffelsee”
- Swedish: “Riffelsee”
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