The Grimselsee or Lake Grimsel is an artificial lake near the Grimsel Pass in the Canton of Bern, Switzerland. With a volume of 95 mio m3 (20.9 billion imperial gallons, 20.1 billion US gallons), it is larger than other hydroelectric reservoirs in the Aare headwaters region: Oberaarsee, Räterichsbodensee and Gelmersee. The dam was completed in 1932 and is operated by Kraftwerke Oberhasli AG (KWO). It is located in the municipality of Guttannen.

Climate

See also

  • List of lakes of Switzerland
  • List of mountain lakes of Switzerland

External links

  • Media related to Grimselsee at Wikimedia Commons
  • KWO: Lake Grimsel

References



Grimselsee, Grimselpass, Schweiz [GEO]

Grimselsee Alchetron, The Free Social Encyclopedia

Lake next to viewpoint of Grimselsee, Switzerland TravAgSta

Grimselsee, Schweiz Foto & Bild world Bilder auf

Grimselsee mit Grimselhospiz schweizersee.ch