Mässersee
Mässersee is the smallest of four mountain lakes in the upper Binntal of the canton of Valais, Switzerland.Photo: BECK François, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Body of water
- Description: lake in Canton of Valais, Switzerland
- Also known as: “Maessersee” and “Massersee”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lengenbach Quarry and Stockhorn.
Lengenbach Quarry
Quarry
The Lengenbach Quarry is located in the Binn Valley and it is noted among the mineralogical community for its unusual sulfosalt mineral specimens. The dolomite hosted deposit of the quarry is in the Binn Valley, a small valley in the southwest of Switzerland in the Swiss canton of Valais.
Stockhorn
Peak
The Stockhorn is a mountain of the Lepontine Alps, overlooking Binn in the canton of Valais. It lies north of the Scherbadung massif.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fäld and Binn.
Binn
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Binn is a municipality in the district of Goms in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. The Binn Valley is known for its rich mineral deposits, some types of which are unique to the area. The notable Lengenbach Quarry is in Binn. Binn is situated 3 km west of Mässersee.
Schmidighischere
Village
Photo: Whgler, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Schmidighischere is a village, which is situated 3½ km west of Mässersee.
Mässersee
- Category: lake
- Location: Binn, Goms District, Valais, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.35489° or 46° 21′ 18″ northLongitude
8.22688° or 8° 13′ 37″ eastElevation
2,119 metres (6,952 feet)Open location code
8FRC963G+XQOpenStreetMap ID
way 73158390OpenStreetMap feature
natural=water
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Norwegian Nynorsk—“Mässersee” goes by many names.
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