Seewlisee
Seewlisee is a lake in Uri, Switzerland at an elevation of 2028 m. Its surface area is 9 ha. The lake lies at the foot of the Gross Windgällen. The lake can be reached by foot in 2–3 hours from the cable car Silenen-Chilcherbergen.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in Uri, Switzerland at an elevation of 2028 m
- Also known as: “Seewli”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Gross Windgällen and Chli Windgällen.
Gross Windgällen
Peak
Photo: Simonizer, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The Gross Windgällen is a 3,187 m high mountain in the Glarus Alps, overlooking the valley of the Reuss in the canton of Uri. The name Gross Windgällen derives from Gälle or gellen, meaning as much as wailing, shrilling or whistling.
Chli Windgällen
Peak
Photo: Simonizer, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The Chli Windgällen is a mountain of the Glarus Alps, overlooking the valley of the Reuss in the canton of Uri. It lies west of the Gross Windgällen, on the range north of the Maderanertal.
Hoch Fulen
Peak
The Hoch Fulen is a mountain of the Glarus Alps, located east of Erstfeld in the Uri. It lies in the group north-west of the Gross Windgällen, between the Reuss valley and the Schächental.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Erstfeld and Amsteg.
Erstfeld
Village
Photo: Manfred Heyde, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Erstfeld is a municipality in the canton of Uri in Switzerland.
Spiringen
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Spiringen is a village and a municipality in the canton of Uri in Switzerland. The municipality comprises two disjoint areas, separated by the municipality of Unterschächen and the Klausen Pass.
Seewlisee
- Category: body of water
- Location: Silenen, Uri, Canton of Uri, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
46.81085° or 46° 48′ 39″ northLongitude
8.71511° or 8° 42′ 54″ eastElevation
2,015 metres (6,611 feet)Open location code
8FRCRP68+82OpenStreetMap ID
way 4287159OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=lakeGeoNames ID
11397049Wikidata ID
Q5823820
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From German to Portuguese—“Seewlisee” goes by many names.
- German: “Seewlisee”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Seewlisee”
- Portuguese: “Lago Seewlisee”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Seewligrat and Rot Horn.
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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 “Seewlisee”. Photo: Aniacra, CC BY-SA 4.0.