Diga del Sella

Diga del Sella is a dam in Airolo, Leventina District, Ticino. Diga del Sella is situated nearby to the reservoir Lago della Sella, as well as near the mountain saddle Bassa della prosa.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include 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 Diga del 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 Diga del Sella.

Diga del Sella

Type: Dam
Also known as: “Diga della Sella” and “Diga di Sella”
Location: Airolo, Leventina District, Ticino, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

46.55846° or 46° 33′ 30″ north

Longitude

8.59469° or 8° 35′ 41″ east

Height

36 metres (118 feet)

Open location code

8FRCHH5V+9V

OpenStreetMap ID

way 333136149

OpenStreetMap feature

waterway=dam

Wikidata ID

Q3707441

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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Italian—“Diga del Sella” goes by many names.

Dutch: “Diga del Sella”
Italian: “diga del Sella”
Italian: “Diga del Sella”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Bassa della prosa and Pizzo Canariscio.

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