Engstlensee

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Engstlensee
Location Innertkirchen, Bernese Oberland
Coordinates 46°46′22″N8°21′25″E / 46.77278°N 8.35694°E / 46.77278; 8.35694
Type reservoir, natural lake
Basin  countriesSwitzerland
Surface area0.44 km2 (0.17 sq mi)
Max. depth49 m (161 ft)
Water volume10.7 million cubic metres (8,700 acre⋅ft)
Surface elevation1,850.8 m (6,072 ft)
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Engstlensee

Engstlensee is a natural lake used as a reservoir in the municipality of Innertkirchen, Bernese Oberland, Switzerland. It is located near Joch Pass at an elevation of 1850 m. It can be reached by gondola and by foot from Titlis.

Contents

The reservoir has a volume of 10.7 million m³ whereof 2 million m³ are used for electricity production. The lake's surface area is 44 ha (110 acres).

The water of the Engstlensee passes through a tunnel in the neighbouring Gadmental valley before being used in the Fuhren, Hopflauenen and Innertkirchen power stations. [1]

Helga von Cramm, Engstlensee, c. 1880. Helga von Cramm, chromolithograph, Engstlensee, with verse by G.P.M. c. 1881.jpg
Helga von Cramm, Engstlensee, c. 1880.
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In Literature

An inn on the shore of the Engstlensee is the scene of a crucial meeting between the protagonists of H. G. Wells' 1913 novel The Passionate Friends .

See also

References

  1. "Engstlensee - Melchsee-Frutt". www.melchsee-frutt.ch. Retrieved 2015-08-24.[ permanent dead link ]