Balme

Balme is a house in Kandergrund, Frutigen-Niedersimmental, Canton of Bern and has an elevation of 1,139 metres. Balme is situated nearby to the industrial building Kandergrund power station, as well as near the peak Elsighorn.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Elsighorn and Kandergrund power station.

Elsighorn

Peak

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The Elsighorn is a mountain in the Bernese Alps, overlooking Kandergrund in the Bernese Oberland.

Kandergrund power station

Industrial building

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Kandergrund power station is an industrial building, which is situated 720 metres southeast of Balme.

Blausee

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Blausee is a lake in Bernese Oberland, Kandergrund, Switzerland. It is located near the Kander river. The lake has an elevation of 887 metres and an area of 0.64 hectares.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mitholz and Frutigen.

Mitholz or Blausee-Mitholz is a village in Kandergrund municipality in the canton of Bern in Switzerland, with 170 inhabitants as of 2020. Blausee-Mitholz is a station on the Lötschberg railway line. Mitholz is situated 2½ km southeast of Balme.

Frutigen

Photo: Chriusha, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Frutigen is a town of 6,900 people in the Swiss Canton of Berne and the site of the northern portal of the Lötschberg-Base-Tunnel that opened for railway traffic in 2007.

Kandersteg

Photo: Chmee2, CC BY 3.0.

Kandersteg is a village in the Bernese Highlands in Switzerland. Located in the heart of the Alps, Kandersteg is the perfect location to explore the mountains and observe the traditional Swiss alpine lifestyle and it is also on the edge of the Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch UNESCO world heritage site.

Balme

Type: House
Categories: residential building and building
Location: Kandergrund, Frutigen-Niedersimmental, Canton of Bern, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

46.54622° or 46° 32′ 46″ north

Longitude

7.65124° or 7° 39′ 5″ east

Elevation

1,139 metres (3,737 feet)

Open location code

8FR9GMW2+FF

GeoNames ID

11465450

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German: “Balme”

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