Griessee
Griessee is a lake in Valais, Switzerland. The reservoir is located in the municipality of Ulrichen and can be reached by road from Nufenen Pass. The lake is fed by the Gries Glacier. Its surface area is 55.5 ha. The gravity dam Gries was built in 1965.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Gries Pass and Barrage de Gries.
Gries Pass
Mountain saddle
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Gries Pass is a 2,469-metre-high mountain pass between Valais, Switzerland, and Formazza, Italy. There is no road over the pass, from Nufenen Pass the paved road ends and a bridle path leads over to the Italian side.
Klein Grieshorn
Peak
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The Klein Grieshorn is a mountain of the Lepontine Alps, located on the Swiss-Italian border. The summit is the tripoint between the cantons of Valais, Ticino and the region of Piedmont.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Riale and Frua.
Obergesteln
Village
Griessee
- Type: Reservoir
- Description: reservoir
- Category: body of water
- Location: Obergoms, Goms District, Valais, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.45791° or 46° 27′ 29″ northLongitude
8.3691° or 8° 22′ 9″ eastElevation
2,359 metres (7,740 feet)Open location code
8FRCF959+5JOpenStreetMap ID
way 27183051OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=reservoirGeoNames ID
11397159Wikidata ID
Q382519
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In Other Languages
From Czech to Portuguese—“Griessee” goes by many names.
- Czech: “Griessee”
- Dutch: “Griessee”
- French: “Griessee”
- German: “Griessee”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Griessee”
- Portuguese: “Lago Griessee”
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