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Chapfensee

Coordinates: 47°02′51″N 9°22′53″E / 47.04750°N 9.38139°E

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Chapfensee

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Location	Mels, Canton of St. Gallen
Coordinates	47°02′51″N 9°22′53″E / 47.04750°N 9.38139°E / 47.04750; 9.38139
Type	reservoir

Surface area	9 ha (22 acres)^[1]
Water volume	430,000 m³ (350 acre⋅ft)
Surface elevation	1,029 m (3,376 ft)

Chapfensee is a reservoir at Mels, Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland. The area around the reservoir is a nature preserve.

The reservoir was built in 1946/1947 and used to generate power at the plant Plons.

In Winter

See also

List of mountain lakes of Switzerland

References

^ Area retrieved from Google Earth (July 2013)

External links

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Moorlandschaft Chapfen^{[permanent dead link]} (in German)
EW Mels: Krafwerk Plons (in German)

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