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.
3-566: The lake is located at a height of 2,447 metres above sea level and has a maximum length of 350 metres. [REDACTED] Media related to Great St Bernard Lake at Wikimedia Commons This article related to a lake in Valais is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article on a location in Aosta Valley is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Above sea level Height above mean sea level
6-460: Is a measure of a location's vertical distance ( height , elevation or altitude ) in reference to a vertical datum based on a historic mean sea level . In geodesy , it is formalized as orthometric height . The zero level varies in different countries due to different reference points and historic measurement periods. Climate change and other forces can cause sea levels and elevations to vary over time. Elevation or altitude above sea level
9-579: Is a standard measurement for: Elevation or altitude is generally expressed as " metres above mean sea level" in the metric system , or " feet above mean sea level" in United States customary and imperial units . Common abbreviations in English are: For elevations or altitudes, often just the abbreviation MSL is used, e.g., Mount Everest (8849 m MSL), or the reference to sea level is omitted completely, e.g., Mount Everest (8849 m). Altimetry
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