Aslantaş Dam
Aslantaş Dam is an embankment dam on Ceyhan River in Osmaniye Province, southern Turkey, built between 1975 and 1984. Aslantaş Dam is situated 80 km northeast of Adana.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Dosseman, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Dam
- Description: dam in Turkey
- Also known as: “Aslantas Baraji”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Karatepe and Karatepe-Aslantaş National Park.
Karatepe
Archaeological site
Photo: Elelicht, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Karatepe is a late Hittite fortress and open-air museum in Osmaniye Province in southern Turkey lying at a distance of about 23 km from the district center of Kadirli. Karatepe is situated 3 km northwest of Aslantaş Dam.
Karatepe-Aslantaş National Park
Nature reserve
Photo: Elelicht, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Karatepe-Aslantaş National Park, established in 1958, is a national park in southern Turkey. Situated on the banks of a dam reservoir, it contains an archaeological open-air museum. Karatepe-Aslantaş National Park is situated 3 km west of Aslantaş Dam.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Atalan and Böcekli.
Atalan
Village
Atalan is a town in the Düziçi District, Osmaniye Province, Turkey. Its population is 1,593. It is situated at the easternmost part of Çukurova plains, 10 kilometres west of Düziçi. Atalan is situated 6 km east of Aslantaş Dam.
Böcekli
Village
Böcekli is a town in the Düziçi District, Osmaniye Province, Turkey. Its population is 2,160. The distance to Düziçi is 12 kilometres. Two hundred years ago the original population of Böcekli under the leadership of certain Böcük Koca migrated from Şanlıurfa to present location. Böcekli is situated 8 km east of Aslantaş Dam.
Aslantaş Dam
- Category: hydroelectric power station
- Location: Düziçi İlçesi, Osmaniye Province, Turkey, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
37.27212° or 37° 16′ 20″ northLongitude
36.27137° or 36° 16′ 17″ eastElevation
143 metres (469 feet)Open location code
8G9R77CC+RGOpenStreetMap ID
way 91252425OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=dam
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Aslantaş Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Aslantaş Barajı”
- Dutch: “Aslantaş Dam”
- French: “Barrage d’Aslantas”
- French: “barrage d’Aslantaş”
- French: “Barrage d’Aslantaş”
- German: “Arslantaş-Talsperre”
- German: “Aslantaş-Talsperre”
- Italian: “diga di Aslantaş”
- Italian: “Diga di Aslantaş”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Aslantas-demningen”
- Norwegian: “Aslantas-demningen”
- Turkish: “Aslantaş Barajı ve Hidroelektrik Santrali”
- Turkish: “Aslantaş Barajı”
- Turkish: “Aslantaş HES”
- Ukrainian: “ГЕС Асланташ”
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