Weingartensee

Weingartensee

The Weingartensee is a small lake located east of Täsch at the foot of the Alphubel, in the Swiss canton of Valais. The lake has a surface area of 0.64 ha and is located at 3,058 metres above sea level. It lies near the bottom of the Weingartengletscher glacier.

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Following the flood of June 2001, a dam was built and the water level was slightly reduced.[3]


References

  1. Area retrieved from Google Earth (July 2013)
  2. Height retrieved from the Swisstopo topographic maps
  3. Weingarten glaciology.ethz.ch



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