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Great Bačka Canal

Great Bačka Canal is a canal in which runs from to . The canal is 118 km long and part of the Danube-Tisa-Danube Canal system. The excavation works of Great Bačka Canal began in 1794 and went on until 1801 in Bács-Bodrog County, Kingdom of Hungary.
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Wikipedia
  • Type: Canal
  • Description: canal
  • Also known as: “Batscher Kanal”, “Ferenc-Csatorna”, “Kanal Bečej-Bezdan”, “Kanal Kralja Petra”, “Kanal Kralja Petra I”, and “Veliki Bački Kanal”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Batina Bridge.

Bridge
Photo: Donatus, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Batina and Bezdan.

Village
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is a port village on the right bank of the river in Baranja, . It developed into the local center of the northeastern part of Baranja, in the part of Bansko brdo hill where the slopes reach the Danube river.

Village
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is a village located in Bačka, , . It is situated in the municipality, . The village has a Hungarian ethnic majority and its population numbers at 5,263 people. is situated 5 km east of Great Bačka Canal.

Village
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is a village and municipality in , . There are 2,767 inhabitants in the municipality. is situated 6 km west of Great Bačka Canal.

Great Bačka Canal

Latitude
45.85401° or 45° 51′ 14″ north
Longitude
18.85938° or 18° 51′ 34″ east
Elevation
82 metres (269 feet)
Open location code
8FQWVV35+JQ
Geo­Names ID
3188062
Wiki­data ID
Q1548612
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Satellite Map

Discover Great Bačka Canal from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Welsh—“Great Bačka Canal” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Veliki bački kanal”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “قناة باكا الكبرى”
  • Esperanto: “Danubo-Tiso-Danuba Kanalo”
  • Esperanto: “Granda Baĉka Kanalo”
  • German: “Bácser Kanal”
  • German: “Franzenskanal”
  • German: “Großer Batschka-Kanal”
  • Macedonian: “Голем Бачки Канал”
  • Russian: “Большой Бачский канал”
  • Serbian: “Veliki Kanal”
  • Serbian: “Велики бачки канал”
  • Serbian: “Канал краља Петра”
  • Serbian: “Канал Краља Петра”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Veliki bački kanal”
  • Slovak: “Veľký báčsky prieplav”
  • Welsh: “Camlas Great Bačka”

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