Lombardy
Province of Sondrio
Piuro

Lago di Lei

Lago di Lei is a in the Valle di Lei, powering the Hinterrhein storage power stations. The reservoir is almost entirely in , but the barrage was built on territory ceded by Italy to in 1955 after diplomatic talks, while an equivalent sized territory further north of the lake was ceded to Italy in the exchange.
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  • Type: Reservoir
  • Description: lake in Lombardy, Italy / Grisons, Switzerland
  • Also known as: “Serbatoio Valle di Lei”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Piz Timun and Staumauer Lago di Lei.

Peak
Photo: Capricorn4049, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a mountain of the Oberhalbstein Range, located on the border between and . On its eastern side it overlooks the artificial lake Lago di Lei.

Dam
Photo: Badener, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a dam.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cröt and Campsut.

Hamlet
Photo: Parpan05, CC BY 3.0.
is a hamlet.

Hamlet
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is a hamlet.

Village
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is a village.

Lago di Lei

Latitude
46.4491° or 46° 26′ 57″ north
Longitude
9.44462° or 9° 26′ 41″ east
Elevation
1,887 metres (6,191 feet)
Open location code
8FRFCCXV+JR
Open­Street­Map ID
way 36336187
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Open­Street­Map feature
water=­reservoir
Geo­Names ID
11396641
Wiki­data ID
Q656674
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Satellite Map

Discover Lago di Lei from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Venetian—“Lago di Lei” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “萊伊湖”
  • Dutch: “Val di Lei”
  • Esperanto: “Lago Lei”
  • Finnish: “Lago di Lei”
  • French: “lac de Lei”
  • French: “Lac de Lei”
  • German: “Lago di Lei”
  • German: “Stausee Valle di Lei”
  • Italian: “Val di Lei”
  • Japanese: “ヴァル・ディ・レイ”
  • Japanese: “レイ湖”
  • Macedonian: “Езеро Леи”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Val di Lei”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lago di Lei”
  • Norwegian: “Val di Lei”
  • Persian: “لاگو دی لی”
  • Portuguese: “Lago de Lei”
  • Romansh: “Lago di Lei”
  • Spanish: “Lago de Lei”
  • Turkish: “Lago di Lei”
  • Turkish: “Lei Gölü”
  • Venetian: “Val de Lei”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Alpe Palazzetto and Alpe Rebella.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Cima dei Rossi and Cima dei Rossi Nuovi.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Lago di Lei”. Photo: Capricorn4049, CC BY-SA 4.0.