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Lake · Canton of Valais

Lake Taney

1,412 m4,633 ft
Tonight
0°CSnow · Wind 22 km/h SW

Lake Taney is a lake at 1,412 m above sea level in Canton of Valais, Switzerland.

All facts
Surface elevation
1,412 m
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Lake Taney 3D map

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Surface
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Topographic map

Lake Taney terrain and contours

50 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 250 mShowing west → east through the centre

Lake Taney elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Lake Taney weather

Tonight · Snow · 0°C (32°F) · 1.8 mm · Wind 22 km/h SW

Lake Taney forecast for about 1,412 m.

  • Tonight0°1.8 mm22 km/h SW
  • Today0°2°8.3 mm14 km/h S
  • Sun-2°8°11.3 mm24 km/h SW
  • Mon-1°10°–7 km/h S
  • Tue5°16°–4 km/h N
  • Wed4°10°0.3 mm5 km/h N
  • Thu3°9°–5 km/h N
  • Fri3°11°–5 km/h N
  • Sat2°9°1.3 mm5 km/h N
  • Sun1°6°8.0 mm5 km/h S

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:18 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Lake Taney

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Lake Taney, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

  • Nearest parking

    0.3 km S

    +2 more within 1.1 km

  • Nearest hut

    Refuge La Vouivre

    0.6 km W · +2 more within 3.8 km

  • Nearest campsite

    Camping Les Carettes

    4.2 km NNE · +2 more within 4.7 km

  • Nearest caravan site

    Rive Bleue

    4.9 km NNE · +1 more within 7.3 km

All mapped places 11
PlaceDistance
Parking0.3 km S
Parking0.4 km S
Refuge La VouivreHut0.6 km W
Parking1.1 km SE
Cabane de LozHut3.6 km W
La Cabane à JosephHut3.8 km NW
Camping Les CarettesCampsite4.2 km NNE
Camping Au Grand-BoisCampsite4.6 km ENE
Rive BleueCampsite4.7 km NNE
Rive BleueCaravan site4.9 km NNE
Accueil Camping-Cars La Chapelle d’AbondanceCaravan site7.3 km SW
Slope

Slope

Share of the 4 × 4 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly steep: more than half the view is steeper than 30°, the angle of most avalanche terrain.

Gentle, 0–15°
7.4%
Moderate, 15–30°
32.0%
Steep, 30–45°
46.8%
Cliffs, 45° and over
13.8%
Steeper than 30°
60.6% of the 16 km² view
Relief in view
1,485 m low point 718 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 56.4%Grassland 41.9%Water 1.0%Bare rock / sparse 0.6%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Nearby summits

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 2 km of Lake Taney.

NESW1 km2 km1234
Summit list 4
  1. 1Chambairy2,202 m 1.4 km WSW
  2. 2Petite Jumelle2,182 m 1.7 km NW
  3. 3Grande Jumelle2,215 m 1.7 km WNW
  4. 4Le Grammont2,172 m 1.7 km NNW
Where it sits

Where Lake Taney sits

Region
Canton of Valais117Switzerland432Europe2,143
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Nearby places

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Sources

Data sources

Terrain
Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Imagery
Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-09-22)
Land cover
© ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts
Wikidata (CC0)
Camping & parking, Geometry
© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
Summits
© OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
Forecast
Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources
Wikidata · Wikipedia