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The Schwarzsee (
Its surface area is 0.5 ha. A chapel dedicated to Mary of the Snows – the chapel ''Maria zum Schnee'' – lies on the edge of the lake.
It can be reached by cable car from Zermatt.
Lakes of Valais
Ridges of Europe
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German
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for "Black Lake") is a small 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 ...
near Zermatt
Zermatt () is a municipality in the district of Visp in the German-speaking section of the canton of Valais in Switzerland. It has a year-round population of about 5,800 and is classified as a town by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO).
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in the canton of Valais
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, 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 below the Matterhorn
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next to the mountain ridge
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() and to the cable car station of the same name at an elevation of .
Its surface area is 0.5 ha. A chapel dedicated to Mary of the Snows – the chapel ''Maria zum Schnee'' – lies on the edge of the lake.
It can be reached by cable car from Zermatt.
Lakes of Valais
Ridges of Europe
{{Valais-lake-stub