Murgseen are a group of lakes in Murgtal (Murg valley) in the

Canton of St. Gallen The canton of St. Gallen, also canton of St Gall (german: link=no, Kanton St. Gallen ; rm, Chantun Son Gagl; french: Canton de Saint-Gall; it, Canton San Gallo), is a canton of Switzerland. The capital is St. Gallen. Located in northeastern ...

, Switzerland. The three lakes are drained by the Murgbach river, which empties into

Lake Walen The Walensee, also known as ''Lake Walen'' or ''Lake Walenstadt'' from Walenstadt, is one of the larger lakes in Switzerland, with about two thirds of its area in the Canton of St. Gallen and about one third in the Canton of Glarus. Other towns an ...

at Murg in the municipality of

Quarten Quarten is a municipality in the ''Wahlkreis'' (constituency) of Sarganserland, in the canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland, above Lake Walensee. Besides Quarten itself, the municipality includes the settlements of Oberterzen, Unterterzen, Qui ...

. The three lakes are: * Oberer Murgsee (or "Ober Murgsee", Upper lake) at an elevation of 1820 m; the largest, with a surface area of 20 ha * Mittlerer Murgsee (or "Mittlerer Murgsee") at 1808 m * Unterer Murgsee (or "Unter Murgsee", Lower lake) at 1682 m

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Lakes of Switzerland Lakes of the canton of St. Gallen LMurgseen {{StGallen-geo-stub