Palü Lake

Palü Lake (Italian: Lago Palü, Romansh: Lagh da Palü, German Palüsee) is a lake below Piz Palü in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. It has an elevation of 1,923 m (6,309 ft) and a surface area of 5.2 ha (13 acres). Water from Palü Glacier feeds into the lake.[2]

Palü Lake
Palü Lake
Location	Grisons
Coordinates	46°22′22″N 10°01′33″E
Type	natural lake, reservoir
Basin countries	Switzerland
Surface area	5.2 ha (13 acres)[1]
Surface elevation	1,923 m (6,309 ft)

In 1926, a dam was built enabling use of the lake as a reservoir. The nearby Palü hydro-electric power station has an installed capacity of 10 MW and is fed by a pressurised pipe-line from Lago Bianco. The outfall from this plant, along with water from Lago Palü, feeds an underground pipeline to the Cavaglia power station at Cavaglia. The 800-metre (2,600 ft) tunnel connecting the two plants also accommodates a funicular railway that is open to the public during tours of the plants.[2][3][4]

See also

• List of mountain lakes of Switzerland

References

1. Area retrieved from Google Earth (July 2013)
2. "Maps of Switzerland" (Map). map.geo.admin.ch. Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
3. "Wasserkraftwerke" [Hydroelectric power plants] (in German). Repower. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
4. "Die Puschlaver Geisterbahn". Funimag. Retrieved 26 October 2020.