Garðavatn
Garðavatn is in Fljótsdalshreppur, East Iceland. Garðavatn is situated nearby to the locality Végarður.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kárahnjúkar Hydropower Plant.
Kárahnjúkar Hydropower Plant
Industrial building
Photo: Fingalo, CC BY-SA 2.0 de.
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. Kárahnjúkar Hydropower Plant is situated 3½ km southeast of Garðavatn.
Garðavatn
- Type: Body of water
- Also known as: “Gardavatn”
- Location: Fljótsdalshreppur, East Iceland, Iceland, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
65.03023° or 65° 1′ 49″ northLongitude
-15.0714° or 15° 4′ 17″ westElevation
608 metres (1,995 feet)Open location code
9CQ62WJH+3COpenStreetMap ID
way 28788835OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterGeoNames ID
2631477
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