Chapfensee

Chapfensee
Map credit Chapfensee Location within Canton of St. Gallen Show map of Canton of St. Gallen Map credit Chapfensee Location within Switzerland Show map of Switzerland Map credit Chapfensee Location within Alps Show map of Alps
Interactive map of Chapfensee
Location	Mels, Canton of St. Gallen
Coordinates	47°02′52.1″N 9°22′53.6″E / 47.047806°N 9.381556°E / 47.047806; 9.381556
Type	reservoir
Surface area	9 ha (22 acres)
Water volume	430,000 m3 (350 acre⋅ft)
Surface elevation	1,029 m (3,376 ft)

Chapfensee is a reservoir at Mels, Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland. The area around the reservoir is a nature preserve.

The reservoir was built in 1946/1947 and used to generate power at the plant Plons.

See also

• List of mountain lakes of Switzerland

References

External links

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• Moorlandschaft Chapfen^{[permanent dead link]} (in German)
• EW Mels: Krafwerk Plons (in German)

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