Valais
Raron District
Kippel

Stausee Ferden

Stausee Ferden is a on the Lonza river at , , . Its surface area is 10.6 ha. The lake has the shortest lake retention time in the world.
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  • Type: Reservoir
  • Description: reservoir
  • Also known as: “Ferden reservoir”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lötschental and Goppenstein railway station.

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is in the canton of in . 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 UNESCO heritage site.

Railway station
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Goppenstein is a railway station in the canton of Valais and . The station is located on the Lötschberg line of the BLS AG, just outside the southern portal of the Lötschberg tunnel.

Museum
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wiler and Kippel.

Village
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is a municipality in the district of in the canton of in .

Village
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is a municipality in the district of in the canton of in .

Village
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is a hamlet in the canton of , located in the lower and traversed by the Lonza river. It belongs to the municipality of .

Stausee Ferden

Latitude
46.3923° or 46° 23′ 32″ north
Longitude
7.7668° or 7° 46′ 1″ east
Open location code
8FR99QR8+WP
Open­Street­Map ID
way 35552474
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Open­Street­Map feature
water=­reservoir
Wiki­data ID
Q492714
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Satellite Map

Discover Stausee Ferden from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Portuguese—“Stausee Ferden” goes by many names.

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Ferden and Chumma.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include St. Barbara Kapelle and Kirche Ferden.

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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 “Stausee Ferden”. Photo: Mo4jolo, CC BY-SA 2.5.