Kárahnjúkar Hydropower Plant
Kárahnjúkar Hydropower Plant, officially called Fljótsdalur Power Station is a hydroelectric power plant in Fljótsdalshérað municipality in eastern Iceland, designed to produce 4,600 gigawatt-hours annually for Alcoa's Fjarðaál aluminum smelter 75 kilometres to the east in Reyðarfjörður.
- Peak rising to 599 metres (1,965 feet)
- Description: dam in Iceland
- Also known as“Karahnjukar”“Kárahnúkar”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kárahnjúkar.
Kárahnjúkar Hydropower Plant
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Latitude
64.96967° or 64° 58′ 11″ north
Longitude
-15.74154° or 15° 44′ 30″ west
Open location code
9CP6X795+V9
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Ukrainian—“Kárahnjúkar Hydropower Plant” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “卡拉努卡尔水电站”
- Chinese: “卡拉努卡爾水電站”
- Dutch: “Kárahnjúkavirkjun”
- French: “centrale hydroélectrique de Fljótsdalur”
- French: “centrale hydroélectrique de Kárahnjúkar”
- French: “Centrale hydroélectrique de Kárahnjúkar”
- Galician: “Encoro de Kárahnjúkar”
- German: “Kárahnjúkar-Kraftwerk”
- Icelandic: “Kárahnjúkavirkjun”
- Italian: “centrale idroelettrica di Kárahnjúkar”
- Japanese: “カウランユーカル水力発電所”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kárahnjúkar-demningen”
- Norwegian: “Kárahnjúkar-demningen”
- Polish: “Hydroelektrownia Fljótsdalur”
- Polish: “Hydroelektrownia Kárahnjúkar”
- Portuguese: “Kárahnjúkavirkjun”
- Russian: “Каурахньюкар”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Kárahnjúkar”
- Spanish: “Central hidroelectrica de Karahnjukar”
- Spanish: “Central hidroeléctrica de Kárahnjúkar”
- Swedish: “Kárahnjúkar”
- Swedish: “Kárahnjúkars kraftverk”
- Ukrainian: “ГЕС Fljótsdalur”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Lambafell and Hverfandi.
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