Iron Gate
The Iron Gates is a gorge on the river Danube. It forms part of the boundary between Serbia to the south and Romania to the north. In the broad sense it encompasses a route of 134 km; in the narrow sense it only encompasses the last barrier on this route…| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Gorge with an elevation of 61 metres
- Description: gorge on the river Danube in Romania
- Also known as: “Dealul Klisura”, “Ðerdap”, “Eisenernes Tor”, “Gvozdena Vrata”, “Iron Gate of the Danube”, “Iron Gates”, “Klissura Derdap”, “La Cazane”, “Porţile de Fer”, and “Trecători Porţile de Fier”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Iron Gate I and Diana Fortress.
Iron Gate I
Dam
Photo: Denis Barthel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Iron Gate I Hydroelectric Power Station is the largest dam on the Danube river and one of the largest hydro power plants in Europe. It is located on the Iron Gate gorge, between Romania and Serbia.
Diana Fortress
Archaeological site
Photo: CrniBombarder!!!, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Diana Fort is a Roman fort located near the hamlet of Karataš, 8 km northwest of Kladovo, in eastern Serbia in the Karataš archaeological site. It is located on cliffs of the Đerdap, above the Danube, on a strategic location overlooking the Danube frontier. Diana Fortress is situated 3½ km southeast of Iron Gate.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Novi Sip and Davidovac.
Novi Sip
Village
Novi Sip is a village in the municipality of Kladovo, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 909 people. It is located near the former Sip Canal, on the right bank of the Danube. Novi Sip is situated 4½ km southeast of Iron Gate.
Davidovac
Village
Davidovac is a village in the municipality of Kladovo, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 610 people. Davidovac is situated 5 km southeast of Iron Gate.
Manastirica
Village
Manastirica is a village in the municipality of Kladovo, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 250 people. Manastirica is situated 7 km south of Iron Gate.
Iron Gate
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Western Frisian—“Iron Gate” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Երկաթե դարպասներ”
- Azerbaijani: “Dəmirqapı”
- Bashkir: “Тимер ҡапҡалар”
- Basque: “Burdinazko Ateak”
- Belarusian: “Жалезная брама”
- Belarusian: “Жалезныя вароты”
- Belarusian: “Жалезныя Вароты”
- Bulgarian: “Железни врата”
- Bulgarian: “Желязна врата”
- Catalan: “Portes de Ferro”
- Chinese: “铁门”
- Chinese: “鐵門”
- Croatian: “Đerdapska klisura”
- Czech: “Železná vrata”
- Danish: “Jernlågerne”
- Danish: “Jernporten”
- Dutch: “IJzeren Poort”
- Esperanto: “Fera Pordo”
- Esperanto: “Ferpordo”
- Esperanto: “Porţile de Fier”
- Estonian: “Raudvärav”
- Estonian: “Raudväravad”
- Finnish: “Rautaportti”
- French: “portes de Fer”
- French: “Portes de Fer”
- Georgian: “რკინის ჭიშკარი”
- German: “Đerdap”
- German: “Eisernes Tor”
- German: “Porțile de Fier”
- Greek: “Σιδηρές πύλες”
- Greek: “Σιδηρές Πύλες”
- Hebrew: “שער הברזל”
- Hebrew: “שערי הברזל”
- Hungarian: “Vaskapu-szoros”
- Italian: “Porte di ferro”
- Japanese: “鉄門”
- Japanese: “鉄門峡”
- Korean: “철문 (다뉴브강)”
- Korean: “철문”
- Latvian: “Dzelzs vārti”
- Lithuanian: “Geležiniai Vartai”
- Macedonian: “Ѓердапска Клисура”
- Macedonian: “Железна Врата”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Jernporten”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Demirkapı”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Đerdapska klisura”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Eisernes Tor”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Jarnporten”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Jernporten i Donau”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Jernporten”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Porţile de Fier”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sjtsjelzni Vrata”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Vaskapu”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ђердапска клисура”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Железни врата”
- Norwegian: “Jernporten”
- Persian: “دروازههای آهنین”
- Persian: “گردنه جرداپ”
- Polish: “Żelazna Brama”
- Portuguese: “Desfiladeiro de de Kazan”
- Portuguese: “Gargantas de Kazan”
- Portuguese: “Porta de Ferro”
- Portuguese: “Portas de Ferro”
- Romanian: “Đerdap”
- Romanian: “Portile de fier”
- Romanian: “Porţile de Fier”
- Romanian: “Porțile de Fier”
- Russian: “Джердапское ущелье”
- Russian: “Железные ворота”
- Russian: “Железные Ворота”
- Serbian: “Đerdapska klisura”
- Serbian: “Гвоздена врата”
- Serbian: “Ђердапска клисура”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Đerdapska klisura”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Ђердапска клисура”
- Slovak: “Železné vráta”
- Slovenian: “Džerdap”
- Spanish: “Derdap”
- Spanish: “Đerdap”
- Spanish: “Puertas de Hierro”
- Swedish: “Đerdap”
- Swedish: “Djerdap”
- Swedish: “Järnporten”
- Turkish: “Demirkapı”
- Turkish: “Tuna Demirkapısı”
- Ukrainian: “Залізні Ворота”
- Uzbek: “Temir darvozalar”
- Western Frisian: “Izeren Poarte”
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