Lago della Sella

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Nature, Natural attraction, Lake

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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. ()

Alternative names: Maximum depth: 98 ftElevation: 7411 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 46°33'46"N, 8°35'58"E

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TicinoSwitzerland

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Lago della Sella – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Swiss Alps, Jugendherberge Hospental, Lago di Tom, Lago Ritom.

1.8 miW
Winter sport, Ski area
Swiss Alps
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4.1 miN
Forts and castles
Jugendherberge Hospental, Hospental
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4.4 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Lago di Tom
112 min walk • Lago di Tom is a lake in the Piora Valley, in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland. Its surface area is 13 ha.
4.6 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Lago Ritom
117 min walk • Lago Ritom is a lake in the Piora valley, Ticino, Switzerland. The natural lake is used as a reservoir by the Swiss Federal Railways to generate hydro-electric power for the Gotthard line.
1.6 miW
Natural attraction, Mountain, Park
Gotthard Pass, Airolo
41 min walk • The Gotthard Pass or St. Gotthard Pass at 2,106 m is a mountain pass in the Alps traversing the Saint-Gotthard Massif and connecting northern with southern Switzerland.
3.3 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Gemsstock
84 min walk • Gemsstock is a mountain of the Swiss Lepontine Alps, overlooking Andermatt in the canton of Uri. A glacier named Gurschenfirn lies over its northern flanks. The Gemsstock is a subpeak of the higher Chastelhorn, lying approximately one kilometre south-west.
2.8 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Lago di Lucendro
71 min walk • Lago di Lucendo is a reservoir at the St. Gotthard Pass in the municipality of Airolo of the canton of Ticino, Switzerland. The dam Lucendro with a height of 73 m was completed in 1947.
5.1 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Piz Badus
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4.1 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Pizzo Lucendro
106 min walk • Pizzo Lucendro is a 2,963-metre-high mountain in the Lepontine Alps, located on the border between the cantons of Uri and Ticino. It overlooks St. Gotthard Pass and Lake Lucendro on its east side.
1.3 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Pizzo Centrale
33 min walk • Pizzo Centrale is a mountain in the Lepontine Alps, located on the border between the cantons of Uri and Ticino. At 2,999 metres above sea level, it is the highest summit overlooking Gotthard Pass from the east.
5.1 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Piz Ravetsch
131 min walk • Piz Ravetsch is a mountain in the Lepontine Alps, located in Graubünden near the border with Ticino. Piz Ravetsch is the highest summit of the range that separates Val Maighels and the valley of Lake Curnera.