Lago della Sella

Lago della Sella is in Airolo, Leventina District, Ticino and has an elevation of 2,258 metres. Lago della Sella is situated near the dam Diga del Sella, as well as near the mountain saddle Bassa della prosa.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Lago della Sella and Monte Prosa.

Lago della Sella

Reservoir

Photo: Nowic, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Lago della Sella is a reservoir near St. Gotthard Pass in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland. The gravity dam with a height of 36 m was completed in 1947. The dam was planned and built under control of the Swiss engineer Fritz Gigax.

Monte Prosa

Peak

Monte Prosa is a mountain in the Saint-Gotthard Massif, a mountain range in the Lepontine Alps of Switzerland. The mountain has an elevation of 2,737 m above sea level.

Lago dei Morti

Lake

Photo: Kvgunten, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Lago dei Morti is a lake.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Swiss Alps and Fontana.

Swiss Alps

Photo: Ypsilon from Finland, CC0.

The Alpine region of Switzerland, conventionally referred to as the Swiss Alps, represents a major natural feature of the country and is, along with the Swiss Plateau and the Swiss portion of the Jura Mountains, one of its three main physiographic regions.

Fontana

Hamlet

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Fontana is a hamlet, which is situated 5 km southwest of Lago della Sella.

Hospental

Village

Photo: Paebi, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Hospental is a village and a municipality in the middle of the Alpine valley called Urseren in the canton of Uri in Switzerland. Hospental is situated 7 km north of Lago della Sella.

Lago della Sella

Type: Sign
Categories: information and tourism
Location: Airolo, Leventina District, Ticino, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

46.55912° or 46° 33′ 33″ north

Longitude

8.59277° or 8° 35′ 34″ east

Elevation

2,258 metres (7,408 feet)

Open location code

8FRCHH5V+J4

OpenStreetMap ID

node 3064384686

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=information

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Diga del Sella and Bassa della prosa.

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