Lake Morasco

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Lake Morasco
Dam Lake Morasco
Dam Lake Morasco
Location: Formazza municipality , Verbano-Cusio-Ossola province , Piedmont , Italy
Drain: Toce
Lake Morasco (Piedmont)
Lake Morasco
Coordinates 46 ° 25 '24 "  N , 8 ° 23' 47"  E Coordinates: 46 ° 25 '24 "  N , 8 ° 23' 47"  E
Data on the structure
Lock type: Gravity dam
Construction time: 1940
Data on the reservoir
Altitude (at congestion destination ) 1815  m slm

The Lago di Morasco (German Muraschgsee ) lies on the Italian side of the Griespass at 1,815 m. ü. M. The dam was built around 1940 as a gravity dam . The uppermost village "Muraschg" of the Formazza valley and the church were sacrificed for the construction of the dam .

The valley Vallone di Nefelgiù leads into the reservoir from the southwest . This high valley is bounded in a south-westerly direction by the Passo di Nefelgiù (2,580 m above sea level). The pass leads down to the two reservoirs Lago Vannino and Lago Sruèr. The pass is on the Route des Grande Traversata delle Alpi (GTA).

Bridge over Lake Morasco