Wichelsee

Wichelsee is a lake in , . Its surface area is 22 ha. The is located in the municipalities of and . It formed after the Sarner Aa was dammed in 1955. The area around the lake was protected in 2005.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Alpnach Air Base and Alpnach Dorf railway station.

Aerodrome
Photo: Alpöhi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Air Base Alpnach is a Swiss Air Force airfield near the town in Canton of Obwalden in . It has a concrete runway with a length of 1,500 meters and a width of 40 meters, as well as several taxiways and hangars.

Railway station
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is a railway station in the in the canton of Obwalden. It is on the Brünig line, owned by the Zentralbahn, that links and .

Aerodrome
Photo: Carsten Steger, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is an aerodrome.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kägiswil and Alpnach.

Village
Photo: Alpöhi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village.

Village
Photo: Christian Horcel, CC BY 2.0.
is a village in the canton of in . It comprises the villages of Dorf, Alpnachstad and Schoried.

Village
Photo: Roland Zumbuehl, CC BY 3.0.
is a village in the canton of Obwalden in .

Wichelsee

Latitude
46.92133° or 46° 55′ 17″ north
Longitude
8.27397° or 8° 16′ 26″ east
Elevation
486 metres (1,594 feet)
Inception
1955
Open location code
8FRCW7CF+GH
Open­Street­Map ID
way 136647457
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Open­Street­Map feature
water=­reservoir
Geo­Names ID
11397047
Wiki­data ID
Q664269
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Satellite Map

Discover Wichelsee from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Slovenian—“Wichelsee” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “维希尔湖”
  • Dutch: “Wichelsee”
  • French: “Wichelsee”
  • German: “Wichelsee”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Wichelsee”
  • Portuguese: “Lago Wichelsee”
  • Slovenian: “Wichelsee”

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