Kurobe Dam

The Kurobe Dam, or Kuroyon Dam, is a 186 m high variable-radius arch dam on the in , . The tallest dam in Japan, it supports the 335 MW Kurobe No.
kurobe-dam.com
Wikipedia
Photo: Raki Man, CC BY 3.0.
Photo: Σ64, CC BY 3.0.
  • Dam
  • …lies at an elevation of 1,427 metres (4,682 feet)
  • …is also known as “Kuroyon Dam”
  • …dates from 1963
  • …stands 186 metres (610 feet) tall
  • Description: Japan’s tallest dam, in Toyama Prefecture

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kurobeko Station and Kurobe Dam Station.

Railway station
Photo: PekePON, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a funicular station in , Nakaniikawa District, , . is situated 340 metres west of Kurobe Dam.

Transport stop
Photo: Qurren, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a trolleybus station… is situated 380 metres east of Kurobe Dam.

Station
Photo: PekePON, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a funicular and cable car… is situated 1 km west of Kurobe Dam.

Kurobe Dam

This page is based on OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.
Latitude
36.56669° or 36° 34′ 0″ north
Longitude
137.66214° or 137° 39′ 44″ east
Open location code
8Q8VHM86+MV
Open­Street­Map ID
way 57033637
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map feature
waterway=­dam
Geo­Names ID
1858256
Wiki­data ID
Q1208749

Satellite Map

Discover this place from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
© Stadia Maps, Airbus DS, CNES, PlanetObserver, and Copernicus

In Other Languages

From Arabic to Turkish—“Kurobe Dam” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “سد كوروبي”
  • Bengali: “কুরোবে জলাধার”
  • Bengali: “কুরোয়ন জলাধার”
  • Cebuano: “Kurobe-damu”
  • Chinese: “黑四水库”
  • Chinese: “黑四水庫”
  • Chinese: “黑部水坝”
  • Chinese: “黑部水壩”
  • Chinese: “黑部水库”
  • Chinese: “黑部水庫”
  • Chinese: “黑部湖”
  • Dutch: “Kurobe Dam”
  • Esperanto: “Akvobaraĵo Kurobe”
  • Esperanto: “Kurobe Akvobaraĵo”
  • French: “barrage de Kurobe”
  • French: “Barrage de Kurobe”
  • French: “Kurobe-damu”
  • German: “Kurobe 4”
  • German: “Kurobe-Talsperre”
  • German: “Kuroyon-Talsperre”
  • Indonesian: “kurobe dam”
  • Italian: “diga di Kurobe”
  • Italian: “Diga di Kurobe”
  • Japanese: “Kurobe-damu”
  • Japanese: “くろべダム”
  • Japanese: “黒四ダム”
  • Japanese: “黒部ダム”
  • Japanese: “黒部湖”
  • Korean: “구로베 댐”
  • Mesopotamian Arabic: “سد كوروبي”
  • Nepali: “कुरोबे बाँध”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kurobe-demningen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kurobegawa vannkraftverk”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kurobegawa”
  • Norwegian: “Kurobe-demningen”
  • Polish: “Zapora Kurobe”
  • Polish: “Zapora Kuroyon”
  • Russian: “Плотина Куробе”
  • Russian: “Плотина Куробэ”
  • Turkish: “Kurobe Barajı”

Places with the Same Name

Discover other places named “Kurobe Dam”.

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as タンボ平 and 白滝峡.

Nearby Places

Explore places such as Kurobe Dam Giftshop and Kurobe Dam Resthouse.

Toyama: Highlights

Learn more about Toyama and Takaoka.

Curious Dams to Discover

Uncover intriguing dams from every corner of the globe.