Gigerwaldsee
Gigerwaldsee is a reservoir in the Calfeisental valley, located in the municipality of Pfäfers, Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland. The reservoir has a volume of 35.6 million m³ and covers a surface area of 71 ha.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Reservoir
- Description: lake in the municipality of Pfäfers, in the Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland
- Also known as: “Stausee Gigerwald”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ringelspitz and Drachenloch, Paleolithic dwelling cave.
Ringelspitz
Peak
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The Ringelspitz, also known as Piz Barghis, is a mountain of the Glarus Alps, located on the border between the Swiss cantons of St. Gallen and the Grisons.
Sazmartinshorn
Peak
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The Sazmartinshorn is a mountain of the Glarus Alps, overlooking St. Martin and the lake of Gigerwald in the canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland. It lies on the range east of Piz Sardona, that separates the Weisstannental from the Calfeisental.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vättis and Kunkels Pass.
Kunkels Pass
Locality
Photo: Caumasee, Public domain.
The Kunkels Pass is a mountain pass in Eastern Switzerland across the Glarus Alps. It connects Vättis in the canton of St. Gallen to Tamins in the canton of Graubünden.
Weisstannen
Village
Weisstannen is a village located in the canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland. It lies in the municipality of Mels, south-west of Sargans. Weisstannen is located at 1,004 metres above sea level on the Seez river in the Weisstannen valley. Weisstannen is situated 9 km north of Gigerwaldsee.
Gigerwaldsee
- Category: body of water
- Location: Pfäfers, Sarganserland, Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.91552° or 46° 54′ 56″ northLongitude
9.37424° or 9° 22′ 27″ eastElevation
1,343 metres (4,406 feet)Open location code
8FRFW98F+6MOpenStreetMap ID
way 28468705OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=reservoirGeoNames ID
11396805Wikidata ID
Q668465
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Slovenian—“Gigerwaldsee” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “吉格林湖”
- Dutch: “Gigerwaldsee”
- Esperanto: “Gigerwald-Lago”
- Esperanto: “Gigerwaldsee”
- French: “Gigerwaldsee”
- German: “Gigerwaldsee”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gigerwaldsee”
- Portuguese: “Lago Gigerwaldsee”
- Slovenian: “Gigerwaldsee”
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