Kiesstrand

Kiesstrand is in Kerns, Obwalden. Kiesstrand is situated near the church Melchsee-Kapelle, as well as near the village Melchsee-Frutt.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Melchsee-Kapelle and Turbinenanlage Stäubiloch.

Melchsee-Kapelle

Church

Photo: Wald-Burger8, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Melchsee-Kapelle is a church, which is situated 290 metres southeast of Kiesstrand.

Turbinenanlage Stäubiloch

Cave

Photo: Alpöhi, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Turbinenanlage Stäubiloch is a cave, which is situated 530 metres west of Kiesstrand.

Glogghüs

Peak

Photo: David Edgar, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Glogghüs is a mountain of the Urner Alps, located on the border between the Swiss cantons of Obwalden and Bern. On its northern side it overlooks the Melchsee and the village of Melchsee-Frutt.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Melchsee-Frutt and Meiringen.

Melchsee-Frutt

Village

Photo: Cooper, Public domain.

Melchsee-Frutt is a mountain resort village in Switzerland. It is located near the lake Melchsee, in the municipality of Kerns, canton Obwalden.

Meiringen is a town in the Bernese Highlands of Switzerland. with a population in 2020 of 4666. It's a winter sports and mountain hiking resort, best known for the Reichenbach Falls, scene of the fictional death of Sherlock Holmes and his arch-enemy Professor Moriarty.

Innertkirchen

Village

Photo: Falk Lademann, CC BY 2.0.

Innertkirchen is a village and municipality in the Interlaken-Oberhasli administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. On 1 January 2014, the former municipality of Gadmen was merged into the municipality of Innertkirchen. Innertkirchen is situated 8 km southwest of Kiesstrand.

Kiesstrand

Type: Scuba diving
Category: sports location
Location: Kerns, Obwalden, Canton of Obwalden, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

46.7741° or 46° 46′ 27″ north

Longitude

8.274° or 8° 16′ 26″ east

Open location code

8FRCQ7FF+JJ

OpenStreetMap ID

node 663870068

OpenStreetMap feature

sport=scuba_diving

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