Oberaarsee

Oberaarsee
Oberaar reservoir and glacier
Location: Bernese Oberland Tributaries: various mountain streams Drain: Oberaarbach
Canton of Bern , Switzerland
Coordinates	663 091  /  155127 coordinates: 46 ° 32 '40 "  N , 8 ° 15' 40"  O ; CH1903:  six hundred and sixty-three thousand and ninety-one  /  155127
Data on the structure
Lock type:	Gravity dam
Construction time:	1953
Height of the barrier structure :	100 m
Height above the river bed :	90 m
Building volume:	453,000 m³
Crown length:	526 m
Operator:	Kraftwerke Oberhasli AG, Innertkirchen
Data on the reservoir
Altitude (at congestion destination )	2303  m above sea level M.
Water surface	1.46 km²
Reservoir length	2.8 km
Maximum depth	90 m
Catchment area	19.4 km²
Design flood :	21 m³ / s

The Oberaarsee is the highest reservoir in the headwaters of the Aare in the canton of Bern ( Guttannen municipality ). It is located below the Oberaar Glacier . It is followed by the Aare reservoirs Grimselsee and Räterichsbodensee , two more of several reservoirs that feed the hydropower plants of Kraftwerke Oberhasli AG.

The lake can be reached with vehicles from the Grimsel Pass on a one-way street (change of direction every half hour), from which the Unteraar Glacier and the Grimselsee can be clearly seen. A power station's own cable car also leads to the dam in winter.

history

The construction of the dam lasted until 1953.

Reservoir

The lake has a storage volume of 65 million m³.

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  Oberaar dam

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  The Oberaarsee the hotel Oberaar seen

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