Roselend Dam
The Roselend Dam is an arch-buttress dam located 5 km east of Beaufort in the Savoie department of the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. It is located just west and below the Cormet de Roselend mountain pass.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Col du Pré and Roche Parstire.
Col du Pré
Mountain saddle
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Col du Pré is a high mountain pass in the Alps in the department of Savoie in France.
Chapelle de Roselend
Church
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Chapelle de Roselend is a church, which is situated 2½ km northeast of Roselend Dam.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Villard-sur-Doron and Les Chapieux.
Villard-sur-Doron
Village
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Villard-sur-Doron is a commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. Villard-sur-Doron is situated 9 km northwest of Roselend Dam.
Les Chapieux
Hamlet
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Les Chapieux is a hamlet, which is situated 9 km east of Roselend Dam.
Roselend Dam
- Type: Dam
- Description: dam
- Categories: buttress dam and arch dam
- Location: Beaufort, Arrondissement of Albertville, Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe
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Latitude
45.68525° or 45° 41′ 7″ northLongitude
6.62082° or 6° 37′ 15″ eastElevation
1,591 metres (5,220 feet)Height
150 metres (492 feet)Operator
EDFOpen location code
8FQ8MJPC+48OpenStreetMap ID
way 37899852OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=dam
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Egyptian Arabic to Spanish—“Roselend Dam” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “سد روزليند”
- French: “barrage de Roselend”
- French: “Barrage de Roselend”
- German: “Barrage de Roselend”
- German: “Roselend-Talsperre”
- Italian: “diga di Roselend”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Roselend-demningen”
- Norwegian: “Roselend-demningen”
- Persian: “سد رسلند”
- Polish: “Roselend”
- Slovenian: “barrage de Roselend”
- Slovenian: “jez Roselend”
- Spanish: “Embalse de Roselend”
- Spanish: “Pantano de Roselend”
- Spanish: “Presa de Roselend”
- Spanish: “Presa y embalse de Roselend”
- Spanish: “Presa y pantano de Roselend”
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