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.
- Type: Dam
- Description: dam in Sri Lanka
- Also known as: “Victoria Hydroelectric Dam”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Adhikarigama and Malulla.
Hanguranketha
Town
Hanguranketha is a town in the Nuwara Eliya District, Central Province of Sri Lanka. 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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Latitude
7.21667° or 7° 13′ north
Longitude
80.78333° or 80° 47′ east
Elevation
613 metres (2,011 feet)
Open location code
6MV26Q8M+M8
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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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Places to explore: Mapilla and Idamalanda.
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Places to explore: Hulu Ganga and Unuwinna.
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