Victoria Dam
Victoria Dam is an arch dam located 130 mi upstream of the Mahaweli River's mouth and 4 mi from Teldeniya in Sri Lanka. It is named in honour of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Dam
- Description: dam in Sri Lanka
- Also known as: “Victoria Hydroelectric Dam”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Adhikarigama and Malulla.
Malulla
Village
Malulla is a village in Sri Lanka. It is located within Central Province. Malulla is situated 3 km south of Victoria Dam.
Hanguranketha
Town
Hanguranketha is a town in the Nuwara Eliya District, Central Province of Sri Lanka. It is approximately 29 km southeast of Kandy and 106 km northeast of Colombo and located on the B413 Road. Hanguranketha is situated 4½ km south of Victoria Dam.
Victoria Dam
- Categories: arch dam and hydroelectric power station
- Location: Welikada, Hanguranketha Divisional Secretariat, Nuwara Eliya District, Central Province, Sri Lanka, South Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Ukrainian—“Victoria Dam” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “維多利亞水壩”
- Dutch: “Victoria Dam”
- German: “Talsperre Victoria”
- Japanese: “ヴィクトリア・ダム (スリランカ)”
- Japanese: “ヴィクトリア・ダム”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Victoriademningen”
- Norwegian: “Victoriademningen”
- Persian: “سد ویکتوریا (سریلانکا)”
- Persian: “سد ویکتوریا”
- Sinhala: “වික්ටෝරියා වේල්ල, ශ්රී ලංකාව”
- Sinhala: “වික්ටෝරියා වේල්ල”
- Tamil: “விக்டோரியா அணை”
- Ukrainian: “ГЕС Вікторія”
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