Lac de Sanetsch
Lac de Sanetsch is a reservoir below Sanetsch Pass in Valais, Switzerland. Its surface area is 29 ha. The Sanetsch dam was built in 1965. The gravity dam has a height of 42 metres.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Reservoir
- Description: reservoir in Savièse in the canton of Valais, Switzerland
- Also known as: “Lac de Senin”, “Lac de Sénin”, “Lake de Sanetsch”, “lake Sénin”, “Sanetsch See”, and “Sanetschsee”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Arpelistock and Spitzhorn.
Arpelistock
Peak
Photo: Fourniey, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Arpelistock is a mountain of the Bernese Alps, located on the border between the Swiss cantons of Bern and Valais. It belongs to the massif of the Wildhorn and lies approximately halfway between the Sanetsch Pass and the summit of the Wildhorn.
Spitzhorn
Peak
Photo: Björn S..., CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Spitzhorn is a mountain of the Bernese Alps, located on the border between the Swiss cantons of Bern and Valais. It lies east of Gsteig and north of the Sanetsch lake. It belongs to the massif of the Wildhorn.
Sanetsch Pass
Mountain saddle
Photo: Terra3, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sanetsch Pass is a high mountain pass in Switzerland across the western Bernese Alps, connecting Gsteig in the canton of Bern and Sion in the canton of Valais.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gsteig bei Gstaad.
Gsteig bei Gstaad
Village
Photo: chrn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gsteig bei Gstaad is a municipality in the Obersimmental-Saanen administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. Gsteig was formerly known by the French name of Châtelet.
Lac de Sanetsch
- Category: body of water
- Location: Valais, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.3556° or 46° 21′ 20″ northLongitude
7.2946° or 7° 17′ 41″ eastElevation
2,024 metres (6,640 feet)Open location code
8FR9974V+6ROpenStreetMap ID
way 23813530OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=reservoirGeoNames ID
12003505Wikidata ID
Q5823927
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Portuguese—“Lac de Sanetsch” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “薩內奇湖”
- French: “lac de Sénin”
- French: “Lac de Sénin”
- German: “Lac de Senin”
- German: “Lac de Sénin”
- German: “Sanetsch See”
- German: “Sanetschsee”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lac de Sénin”
- Polish: “Lac de Sanetsch”
- Portuguese: “Lago de Sanetsch”
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Localities in the Area
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Lac de Sanetsch”. Photo: Ludo29, CC BY 2.5.