Sufnersee
Sufnersee is a reservoir between Splügen and Sufers on the Hinterrhein river in the Grisons, Switzerland, surrounded by peaks of the Adula Alps. The Sufers dam was built in 1962. The reservoir has a volume of 17.5 million m³ and its surface area is 0.90 km².| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Reservoir
- Description: reservoir
- Also known as: “Lai da Sufers” and “Lai da Sur”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Reformed church St. Salvator and Splügen Castle.
Splügen Castle
Castle
Photo: Parpan05, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The ruins of the former Splügen Castle lie east of the village of Splügen in the Rheinwald forest in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. It is the only castle in the valley.
Teurihorn
Peak
The Teurihorn is a mountain of the Swiss Lepontine Alps, overlooking Splügen in the canton of Graubünden. It is located between the valleys of the Stutzbach and the Steilerbach, south of the Alperschällihorn.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sufers and Splügen.
Sufers
Village
Photo: Parpan05, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sufers is a municipality in the Viamala Region in the Swiss canton of the Grisons.
Splügen
Village
Photo: Parpan05, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Splügen is a former municipality in the Viamala Region in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. On 1 January 2006 Splügen incorporated its neighbouring municipality of Medels im Rheinwald.
Sufnersee
- Category: body of water
- Location: Sufers, Viamala Region, Graubünden, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.56711° or 46° 34′ 2″ northLongitude
9.36656° or 9° 21′ 60″ eastElevation
1,398 metres (4,587 feet)Open location code
8FRFH988+RJOpenStreetMap ID
way 6004624OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=reservoirGeoNames ID
11396671Wikidata ID
Q671184
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Romansh—“Sufnersee” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “蘇夫訥湖”
- German: “Stausee Sufers”
- German: “Sufnersee”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sufnersee”
- Portuguese: “Lago Sufnersee”
- Romansh: “Lai da Sufers”
- Romansh: “Lai da Sur”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Die Post 7434 Sufers and Gemeindehaus Sufers.
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