Volta Dam
The Akosombo Dam, also known as the Volta Dam, is a hydroelectric dam on the Volta River in southeastern Ghana in the Akosombo gorge and part of the Volta River Authority.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Dam
- Description: dam and tourist site in Akosombo, Volta Region of Ghana
- Also known as: “Ajena Dam”, “Akosombo”, “Akosombo Dam”, “Akosombo uztvanka”, “Akosombodam”, and “Akossombo”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Akosombo and Atimpoku.
Akosombo
Town
Photo: Allison Stillwell, CC BY 3.0.
Akosombo is a small town in the south of the Asuogyaman District, Eastern Region, Ghana with notable street names of some African countries in the sub-region like Ghana, Congo, Namibia, Lagos-town, and Freetown. Akosombo is situated 3½ km south of Volta Dam.
Atimpoku
Village
Photo: SandisterTei, CC BY 3.0.
Atimpoku is a small town in the Eastern Region of Ghana and located along the Volta River. It is the capital of the Asuogyaman District, a district in the Eastern Region of Ghana. Atimpoku is situated 9 km southeast of Volta Dam.
Volta Dam
- Categories: hydroelectric dam and hydroelectric power station
- Location: Asuogyaman District, Eastern Region, Ghana, West Africa, Africa
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Latitude
6.29983° or 6° 17′ 59″ northLongitude
0.05941° or 0° 3′ 34″ eastElevation
25 metres (82 feet)Height
134 metres (440 feet)Operator
Volta River AuthorityOpen location code
6FR273X5+WQOpenStreetMap ID
way 506145122OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=dam
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Vietnamese—“Volta Dam” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Akosombodam”
- Arabic: “سد أكوسومبو”
- Bulgarian: “Акосомбо (язовир)”
- Bulgarian: “Акосомбо”
- Catalan: “presa d’Akosombo”
- Cebuano: “Akosombo Dam”
- Chinese: “阿科松博坝”
- Chinese: “阿科松博壩”
- Chinese: “阿科松博大坝”
- Chinese: “阿科松博水壩”
- Chinese: “阿科松博水电站”
- Chinese: “阿科鬆博水壩”
- Chinese: “阿科鬆博水電站”
- Croatian: “Akosombo”
- Croatian: “Brana Akosombo”
- Dagbani: “Akosombo Dam”
- Dutch: “Akosombodam”
- Dutch: “Voltadam”
- Fanti: “Akosombo Dam”
- Fanti: “Volta Dam”
- Finnish: “Akosombon pato”
- French: “barrage d’Akosombo”
- French: “Barrage d’Akosombo”
- German: “Akosombo-Staudamm”
- Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Akosombo Dam”
- Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Volta Dam”
- Hausa: “Madatsar ruwan Akosombo”
- Hausa: “Madatsar ruwan Volta”
- Hebrew: “סכר אקסומבו”
- Hindi: “अकोसोम्बो बाँध”
- Indonesian: “Bendungan Akosombo”
- Italian: “Akosombo”
- Italian: “diga di Akosombo”
- Italian: “Diga di Akosombo”
- Japanese: “アコソンボダム”
- Lithuanian: “Akosombo užtvanka”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Akosombo-demningen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Akosombodemningen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Voltademningen”
- Norwegian: “Akosombodemningen”
- Persian: “سد آکوسومبو”
- Polish: “Zapora Akosombo”
- Portuguese: “Akosombo (barragem)”
- Portuguese: “Akosombo”
- Romanian: “Barajul Akosombo”
- Russian: “Акосомбо”
- Russian: “Плотина Акосомбо”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Akosombo”
- Slovenian: “jez Akosombo”
- Southern Dagaare: “Akosombo Damp”
- Southern Dagaare: “Akosombo Dampo”
- Spanish: “Presa de Akosombo”
- Swahili: “Bwana la volta”
- Swahili: “Bwawa la Akosombo”
- Swedish: “Akosombo Dam”
- Swedish: “Akosombodammen”
- Twi: “Akosombo Dam”
- Twi: “Volta Dam”
- Ukrainian: “ГЕС Акосомбо”
- Vietnamese: “Đập Akosombo”
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