Zernek Dam
Zernek Dam is a rock-fill embankment dam on the Hoşap River, located near the village Zernek, 28 km southeast of Van in Van Province, Turkey. It was built between 1980 and 1988 and has an installed capacity of 5 MW.Places in the Area
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Zernek
Village
Zernek is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of Gürpınar, Van Province, Turkey. Its population is 122. The village became part of the Ottoman Empire in the 16th century and was invaded by the Russian Empire during the First World War. Zernek is situated 2½ km southwest of Zernek Dam.
Zernek Dam
- Type: Dam
- Description: embankment dam
- Categories: embankment dam and hydroelectric power station
- Location: Gürpınar İlçesi, Van Province, Turkey, Eastern Mediterranean Europe, Europe
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Latitude
38.35618° or 38° 21′ 22″ north
Longitude
43.6563° or 43° 39′ 23″ east
Elevation
1,922 metres (6,306 feet)
Height
80 metres (262 feet)
Open location code
8HC59M44+FG
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=dam
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Zernek Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Zernek Barajı”
- Dutch: “Zernek Dam”
- French: “barrage de Zernek”
- French: “Barrage de Zernek”
- Hungarian: “Zernek Baraji”
- Hungarian: “Zernek-gát”
- Italian: “diga di Zernek”
- Italian: “Diga di Zernek”
- Turkish: “Zernek Barajı ve Hidroelektrik Santrali”
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