Akkaya Dam
Akkaya Dam is a dam located in Niğde Province, Turkey, and was built between 1964 and 1967. Akkaya Dam has an elevation of 1,184 metres.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Muneeb h.hashmi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Dam
- Description: dam
- Also known as: “Altinhisar Baraji” and “Bor Akkaya Barajı”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sazlıca and Bor.
Sazlıca
Village
Sazlıca is a town in the Niğde District, Niğde Province, Turkey. Its population is 3,898. It is on the Turkish state highway D.805 which connects Niğde to Çukurova It is only 8 kilometres south of Niğde. Sazlıca is situated 3½ km southeast of Akkaya Dam.
Bor
Town
Bor is a town in Niğde Province in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey, 14 km to the southeast of the city of Niğde, on a high plain. It is the seat of Bor District. Bor is situated 4½ km southwest of Akkaya Dam.
Okçu
Village
Okçu is a village in Bor District of Niğde Province, Turkey. Its population is 208. It is situated in the southern slopes of Melendiz Mountain. Distance to Bor is 8 kilometres to Niğde is 22 kilometres. Okçu is situated 6 km west of Akkaya Dam.
Akkaya Dam
- Location: Nigde, Niğde Province, Turkey, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
37.9194° or 37° 55′ 10″ northLongitude
34.60788° or 34° 36′ 28″ eastElevation
1,184 metres (3,885 feet)Open location code
8G9PWJ95+Q5OpenStreetMap ID
way 208086839OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=dam
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Akkaya Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Altunhisar Barajı”
- Dutch: “Akkaya Dam”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سد اكايا”
- French: “barrage d’Akkaya”
- French: “Barrage d’Akkaya”
- French: “Barrage de Akkaya”
- Italian: “diga di Akkaya”
- Italian: “Diga di Akkaya”
- Turkish: “Akkaya Barajı”
- Turkish: “Altınhisar Barajı”
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