Grundsee

Grundsee is a pond in Blatten, Raron District, Valais and has an elevation of 1,862 metres. Grundsee is situated nearby to the hamlet Guggistafel, as well as near Gletscherstafel.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Guggisee and Breithorn.

Guggisee

Pond

Photo: MRB, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Guggisee is a mountain lake in the Lötschental in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. The lake is located at an altitude of 2,007 m near the Alp Guggistafel.

Breithorn

Peak

Photo: Ximonic, GFDL.

The Breithorn is a mountain of the Bernese Alps, located east of Blatten in the canton of Valais. It lies between the Bietschhorn and the Schinhorn, on the range separating the Lötschental from the main Rhone valley.

Lonzahörner

Peak

The Lonzahörner are a multi-summited mountain of the Bernese Alps, located east of Blatten in the canton of Valais. They lie east of the Breithorn, on the range between the Lötschental and the Oberaletsch Glacier. Lonzahörner is situated 2½ km southeast of Grundsee.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kühmad and Eisten.

Kühmad

Locality

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Kühmad is a locality, which is situated 2½ km west of Grundsee.

Eisten

Hamlet

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Eisten is a hamlet, which is situated 4 km west of Grundsee.

Blatten

Village

Photo: Mo4jolo, CC BY-SA 2.5.

Blatten is a village, which is situated 4½ km southwest of Grundsee.

Grundsee

Type: Pond
Categories: still waters and body of water
Location: Blatten, Raron District, Valais, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

46.43705° or 46° 26′ 13″ north

Longitude

7.87568° or 7° 52′ 32″ east

Elevation

1,862 metres (6,109 feet)

Open location code

8FR9CVPG+R7

OpenStreetMap ID

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

OpenStreetMap feature

water=pond

GeoNames ID

Wikidata ID

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In Other Languages

“Grundsee” goes by many names.

German: “Grundsee (Blatten)”
German: “Grundsee”

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