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Also known as Lake Gelmer

Gelmersee (or Lake Gelmer) is a reservoir in Bernese Oberland, Switzerland. The hydroelectric reservoir was completed in 1932, at about the same time as the Grimselsee reservoir, and both are operated by Kraftwerke Oberhasli. The reservoir's volume is and its surface area .

Key facts

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Gelmersee
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Gelmersee1.jpg
Body of water.location
Grimsel, Bernese Oberland
Body of water.type
reservoir
Body of water.basin_countries
Switzerland
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Canton of Bern#Switzerland#Alps
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bottom
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Wikidata facts

Instance of
reservoir
Located in
Canton of Berne
Area
64.5
Elevation
1849
Image
Gelmersee1.jpg
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Commons category
Gelmersee
mountain range
Alps
watershed area
16
basin country
Switzerland
volume as quantity
14
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Gelmersee (or Lake Gelmer) is a reservoir in Bernese Oberland, Switzerland. The hydroelectric reservoir was completed in 1932, at about the same time as the Grimselsee reservoir, and both are operated by Kraftwerke Oberhasli. The reservoir's volume is and its surface area .

The reservoir may be reached by the Gelmerbahn from Handegg, Guttannen at . The funicular's track with a length of has a maximum inclination of 106%.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gelmersee” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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