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Great St Bernard Lake

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Location
  
Valais, Aosta Valley

Surface elevation
  
2,447 m

Basin countries
  
Switzerland, Italy

Great St Bernard Lake

Primary outflows
  
Torrent du Grand St-Bernard

Great St Bernard Lake (French: Lac du Grand St-Bernard, Italian: Lago del Gran San Bernardo) is a mountain lake of the Pennine Alps, located south-west of Great St Bernard Pass. It is divided between Switzerland (canton of Valais) and Italy (region of Aosta Valley), although it lies south of the Alps, within the Dora Baltea basin.

Map of Great St Bernard Lake, 1946 Bourg-Saint-Pierre, Switzerland

The lake is located at a height of 2,447 metres above sea level and has a maximum length of 350 metres.

References

Great St Bernard Lake Wikipedia