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Märjelenseen

Märjelenseen

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Märjelenseen

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Location: Fieschertal, Goms, Valais, Switzerland

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Manja

September 3, 2022

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The Märjelensee is one of several picturesque small mountain lakes located on the edge of the Aletsch Glacier in the rocky Merjelental valley. From here, you have a fantastic view of the glacier. A spectacular adventure hike offers many highlights here and is well worth it.

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Tamara (unterwegs)

April 25, 2022

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It used to be one large lake, but today it is made up of several small lakes. In the 19th century, when the Aletsch glacier was at its peak, Lake Märjelen was naturally dammed - at the time it was around one and a half kilometres long and 500 metres wide. The increasing runoff through crevasses in the glacier caused several floods in the Massa valley.

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Volker Rump 🌲〽️

October 12, 2022

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In the 1980s there were always small floating "icebergs" that broke off the edge of the glacier.

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Elevation 2,300 m

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