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Lake Taney

Landscape/natural monument of national importance in Switzerland
LakeBodyOfWater lake Q3215563
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Summary

Lake Taney is a lake[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of lake entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (251 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Canton of Valais[3], Vouvry[4]
  • Country: Switzerland[5]
  • Basin country: Switzerland[6]
  • Location: Tanay[7]
  • Part of: Federal Inventory of Landscapes and Natural Monuments[8]
  • Commons category: Lac de Taney[9]
  • Has part(s): Lac de Tanay[10]
  • Has cause: tarn[11]
  • Official name: Lac de Tanay[12], Lac de Taney[13]
  • Length: 930 m[14]
  • Elevation above sea level: 1409 m[15]
  • Area: 1487 ha[16]
  • Width: 270 m[17]
  • Drainage basin: Léman basin[18]

Why It Matters

Lake Taney has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

Related Entities

Switzerland

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . fedlex.admin.ch. Retrieved . fedlex.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Q141593662. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . map.geo.admin.ch. Retrieved . map.geo.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . data.geo.admin.ch. Retrieved . data.geo.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Lake Taney. Retrieved October 16, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/lake-taney
MLA “Lake Taney.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 16 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/lake-taney.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_lake-taney_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Lake Taney}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/lake-taney}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-16}}
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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 8d ago · OKA bot bot · 2026-10-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Width → {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+270'}
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 46.345833333333, 'lon': 6.8405555555556}
    Has cause → tarn
    Elevation above sea level → {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1409'}
    + 19 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-and-other-short:0||mul */ source for position, default label, official name from swisstopo data ([[Wikidata:Requests for permissions/Bot/OKA bot|swisstopo task]])"
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