Vemork
Vemork is a hydroelectric power plant and a museum outside the town of Rjukan in Tinn Municipality in Telemark county, Norway. The plant was built by Norsk Hydro and opened in 1911, its main purpose being to fix nitrogen for the production of fertilizer.
Anders Beer Wilse, Public domain.- Farm
- …lies at an elevation of around 100 metres (340 feet)
- …is also known as “Vemork Power Plant”
- Description: hydroelectric power station and museum in Tinn, Norway
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Rjukan Falls.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rjukan.
Vemork
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Latitude
59.87103° or 59° 52′ 16″ north
Longitude
8.49372° or 8° 29′ 37″ east
Open location code
9FFCVFCV+CF
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OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Ukrainian—“Vemork” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Վեմորկ”
- Armenian: “Վեմորքի ջրաէլեկտրակայան”
- Catalan: “Vemork”
- Chinese: “韋莫克”
- Chinese: “韋莫克水電站”
- Chinese: “韦莫克水电站”
- Czech: “Vemork”
- Dutch: “Vemork”
- French: “Vemork”
- German: “Kraftwerk Vemork”
- German: “Vemork”
- Hebrew: “ומורק”
- Japanese: “ヴェモルク”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Rjukan I”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Vemork kraftstasjon”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Vemork”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Vemork”
- Norwegian: “Vemork”
- Russian: “Веморк”
- Swedish: “Vemork”
- Ukrainian: “ГЕС Веморк”
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