Port Stausee

Port Stausee is a lake in Wimmis, Frutigen-Niedersimmental, Canton of Bern. Port Stausee is situated nearby to the village Wimmis, as well as near the locality Hasli.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Wimmis railway station and Niesen.

Wimmis railway station

Railway stop

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Wimmis railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Wimmis, in the Swiss canton of Bern. It is an intermediate stop on the Spiez–Zweisimmen line and is served by local and regional trains.

Niesen

Peak

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The Niesen is a mountain peak of the Bernese Alps in the Canton of Bern, Switzerland. The summit of the mountain is 2,362 metres in elevation. It overlooks Lake Thun, in the Bernese Oberland region, and forms the northern end of a ridge that stretches north from the Albristhorn and Mannliflue, separating the Simmental and Kandertal valleys. Niesen is situated 3½ km southeast of Port Stausee.

Eifeld railway station

Railway stop

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Eifeld railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Wimmis, in the Swiss canton of Bern. It is an intermediate stop on the Spiez–Zweisimmen line and is served as a request stop by local trains only.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wimmis and Reutigen.

Wimmis

Village

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Wimmis is a municipality in the Frutigen-Niedersimmental administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

Reutigen

Village

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Reutigen is a municipality in the administrative district of Thun in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. On 1 January 2024 the former municipality of Zwieselberg merged to form the municipality of Reutigen.

Zwieselberg

Village

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Zwieselberg is a former municipality in the administrative district of Thun in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. On 1 January 2024 the former municipality of Zwieselberg merged to form the municipality of Reutigen. Zwieselberg is situated 4 km north of Port Stausee.

Port Stausee

Type: Lake
Category: body of water
Location: Wimmis, Frutigen-Niedersimmental, Canton of Bern, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

46.67287° or 46° 40′ 22″ north

Longitude

7.6241° or 7° 37′ 27″ east

Elevation

635 metres (2,083 feet)

Open location code

8FR9MJFF+4J

GeoNames ID

11396501

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