Lötschental
Lötschental is in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. It is one of the most beautiful valleys in Switzerland. The larger villages are: Ferden, Kippel, Wiler and Blatten. It is also an access point to the Jungfrau-Aletsch UNESCO heritage site.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Mo4jolo, CC BY-SA 2.5.
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- Type: Valley with an elevation of 1,441 metres
- Description: valley
- Also known as: “Lötschen Thal” and “Lotschental”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lötschen Valley museum and Stausee Ferden.
Stausee Ferden
Reservoir
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Stausee Ferden is a reservoir on the Lonza river at Ferden, Valais, Switzerland. Its surface area is 10.6 ha. The lake has the shortest lake retention time in the world.
Wilerhorn
Peak
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The Wilerhorn is a mountain of the Bernese Alps, overlooking Wiler and in the canton of Valais. It lies west of the Bietschhorn, on the range separating the Lötschental from the main Rhone valley.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wiler and Kippel.
Wiler
Village
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Wiler is a municipality in the district of Raron in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.
Kippel
Village
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Kippel is a municipality in the district of Raron in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.
Lauchernalp
Village
Lauchernalp is an alp and resort area in the Swiss Alps, located in the canton of Valais. It sits on a sunny terrace, between 1,900 and 2,100 metres above sea level, overlooking the Lötschental above Wiler.
Lötschental
- Category: landform
- Location: Valais, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arpitan to Thai—“Lötschental” goes by many names.
- Arpitan: “Vâl de Lècho”
- Cebuano: “Lötschental”
- Chinese: “勒奇谷”
- Dutch: “Loetschental”
- Dutch: “Lotschental”
- Dutch: “Lötschental”
- Finnish: “Lötschental”
- French: “Lotschental”
- French: “Lötschental”
- German: “Lötschental”
- German: “Schurten”
- Irish: “Lötschental”
- Italian: “Lötschental”
- Japanese: “レッチェンタール”
- Korean: “뢰첸 계곡”
- Korean: “뢰첸탈”
- Latin: “Vallis Illiaca Superior”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lötschental”
- Russian: “Лётченталь”
- Russian: “Лётшенталь”
- Russian: “Лёченталь”
- Swedish: “Lötschental”
- Thai: “เลิทเชินทัล”
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