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Oberer Murgsee (or "Ober Murgsee") is a lake in the Murg valley (Murgtal), in the canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland. It is the highest of the three Murgseen.

Oberer Murgsee
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Location	Quarten, Canton of St. Gallen
Group	Murgseen
Coordinates	47°2′22″N 9°9′16″E
Type	natural lake
Primary inflows	Murgbach
Primary outflows	Murgbach
Basin countries	Switzerland
Surface area	18 ha (44 acres)
Max. depth	26 m (85 ft)
Surface elevation	1,820 m (5,970 ft)

The lake is drained by the Murgbach which empties into Lake Walen at Murg (municipality of Quarten).

See also

• List of mountain lakes of Switzerland

External links

• Media related to Murgseen at Wikimedia Commons

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