Bettmersee
Bettmersee is a lake above Bettmeralp in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. Its surface area of 5.5 hectares is located at an elevation of 2,006 metres.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Chapel Our Lady of the Snows and Bettmerhorn.
Chapel Our Lady of the Snows
Church
Photo: Nol Aders, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Chapel Our Lady of the Snows is a church.
Bettmerhorn
Peak
Photo: Caumasee, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Bettmerhorn is a mountain of the Bernese Alps, located north of Bettmeralp in the Swiss canton of Valais. The summit can be reached with a 30-minute vertical hike after ascending most of the mountain by cable car from the car free village of Bettmeralp.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Riederalp-Bettmeralp and Betten.
Riederalp-Bettmeralp
Photo: Nol Aders, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Riederalp and Bettmeralp are two car-free villages in the German-speaking part of the canton of Valais in Switzerland. They are a few kilometres from each other at 1,900 metres.
Betten
Village
Photo: Berger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Betten is a former municipality in the district of Raron in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. On 1 January 2014 the former municipalities of Betten and Martisberg merged into the new municipality of Bettmeralp.
Riederalp
Village
Photo: Realulim, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Riederalp is a municipality in the district of Raron in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. It was created in 2003 through the merger of Goppisberg, Greich and Ried-Mörel.
Bettmersee
- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in Switzerland
- Categories: reservoir and body of water
- Location: Bettmeralp, Raron District, Valais, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.39396° or 46° 23′ 38″ northLongitude
8.06063° or 8° 3′ 38″ eastElevation
2,015 metres (6,611 feet)Open location code
8FRC93V6+H7OpenStreetMap ID
way 6111654OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=lakeGeoNames ID
11397204Wikidata ID
Q2900219
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Vietnamese—“Bettmersee” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Bettmersee”
- French: “Bettmersee”
- French: “Lac de Bettmeralp”
- German: “Bettmersee”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bettmersee”
- Portuguese: “Lago Bettmersee”
- Vietnamese: “Bettmersee”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Slack line and Bettmersee.
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