Valais
Visp District
Zermatt

Schwarzsee

The Schwarzsee is a small near in the canton of , . It is located below the next to the mountain ridge and to the cable car station of the same name at an elevation of 2,552 m.
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  • Type: Lake
  • Description: lake at Zermatt in the canton of Valais, Switzerland
  • Also known as: “Schwarzsee (Zermatt)”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hirli and Riffelalp railway station.

Peak
Photo: Whgler, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a peak.

Railway station
Photo: Simisa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Riffelalp is a railway station on the Gornergrat railway, a rack railway which links the with the summit of the . The station is situated west of the Gornergrat, in the and , at an altitude of 2,211 m above mean sea level.

Railway station
Photo: Kabelleger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Riffelberg is a railway station on the Gornergrat railway, a rack railway which links the with the summit of the . The station is situated west of the Gornergrat, in the and , at an altitude of 2,582 m above mean sea level.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Zmutt and Furi.

Hamlet
Photo: DrTW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a small village in the municipality of , , , situated at 1936 m in the Valley west of Zermatt. The village chapel is dedicated to Saint Catherine of Alexandria, patroness of the Valais.

Hamlet
is an alpine hamlet in the , located three kilometers south of , at an altitude of 1,687m. It is located on a relatively flat area of land between the Gornera and Zmuttbach rivers.

Hamlet
Photo: Kulmalukko, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a hamlet in the canton of . It is located above at a height of 1,766 metres, between the rivers Zmuttbach and Gornera, at the foot the .

Schwarzsee

Latitude
45.99076° or 45° 59′ 27″ north
Longitude
7.70678° or 7° 42′ 24″ east
Elevation
2,554 metres (8,379 feet)
Open location code
8FQ9XPR4+8P
Open­Street­Map ID
way 30950380
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Open­Street­Map feature
water=­lake
Geo­Names ID
11397133
Wiki­data ID
Q668432
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Satellite Map

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

From Bosnian to Russian—“Schwarzsee” goes by many names.
  • Bosnian: “Crno jezero (Zermatt)”
  • Bosnian: “Crno jezero”
  • Chinese: “施瓦尔茨 (采尔马特)”
  • Chinese: “施瓦尔茨”
  • Chinese: “施瓦爾茨 (採爾馬特)”
  • Chinese: “施瓦茨塞山 (采爾馬特)”
  • Chinese: “施瓦茨塞山”
  • Dutch: “Schwarzsee”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بحيره ستشوارزسى”
  • French: “lac Noir”
  • French: “Lac Noir”
  • German: “Schwarzsee (Zermatt)”
  • German: “Schwarzsee”
  • Korean: “슈바르츠호”
  • Ladin: “Schwarzsee”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Schwarzsee i Zermatt”
  • Portuguese: “Lago Schwarzsee”
  • Russian: “Шварцзее”

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