Blausee (literally: ''Blue Lake'') is a
lake
A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much large ...
in
Bernese Oberland
The Bernese Oberland ( en, Bernese Highlands, german: Berner Oberland; gsw, Bärner Oberland; french: Oberland bernois), the highest and southernmost part of the canton of Bern, is one of the canton's five administrative regions (in which context ...
,
Kandergrund
Kandergrund is a municipality in the Frutigen-Niedersimmental administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
History
The area may have been lightly inhabited during the Bronze Age, however the earliest documented settlement was a ...
,
Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
. It is located near the
Kander river. The lake has an elevation of and an area of .
Gallery
File:Blausee_(Berner_Oberland)_im_Winter.jpg
File:Blausee3.jpg
File:Blausee Skulptur.jpg
External links
Blausee.ch tourist information
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Bernese Oberland
Blau
Lakes of the canton of Bern
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