Oberaarsee
Oberaarsee is a hydroelectric reservoir in the Grimsel area, part of the municipality of Guttannen, Switzerland. Its surface area is 1.47 km2. The Oberaar dam was completed in 1953, and is operated by Kraftwerke Oberhasli.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Vordre Zinggenstock and Löffelhorn.
Löffelhorn
Peak
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The Löffelhorn is a mountain of the Bernese Alps, located on the border between the Swiss cantons of Bern and Valais. It is part of the Aargrat, a range east of the Oberaarhorn that separates the valley of the Oberaar Glacier from the valley of Goms.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ulrichen and Geschinen.
Ulrichen
Village
Photo: Parpan05, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ulrichen is a village in the municipality of Obergoms in the district of Goms in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. The population was 219. Ulrichen was an independent municipality until January 1, 2009, when it merged with Oberwald and Obergesteln to form the municipality Obergoms.
Oberaarsee
- Type: Reservoir
- Description: reservoir in the Grimsel area, part of the municipality of Guttannen, Switzerland; the Oberaar glacier is located west of the lake
- Category: body of water
- Location: Guttannen, Interlaken-Oberhasli, Canton of Bern, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.54375° or 46° 32′ 38″ northLongitude
8.25576° or 8° 15′ 21″ eastElevation
2,275 metres (7,464 feet)Operator
Kraftwerke Oberhasli (KWO)Open location code
8FRCG7V4+F8OpenStreetMap ID
way 290004346OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=reservoir
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Russian—“Oberaarsee” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “上阿尔湖”
- Chinese: “上阿爾湖”
- Dutch: “Oberaarsee”
- Finnish: “Oberaarsee”
- French: “lac de l’Oberaar”
- French: “Lac de l’Oberaar”
- French: “Oberaar”
- French: “Oberaarsee”
- German: “Oberaarsee”
- German: “Staumauer Oberaar”
- Italian: “Lago di Oberaar”
- Italian: “Lago Oberaar”
- Italian: “Oberaarsee”
- Korean: “오버아어 호수”
- Macedonian: “Горноарско Езеро”
- Macedonian: “Оберарзе”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Oberaarsee”
- Portuguese: “Lago Oberaar”
- Russian: “Верхне-Аарское озеро”
- Russian: “Оберарзе”
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