Omatako Dam
Omatako Dam is an earth-fill embankment dam about 100 kilometres north of Okahandja in the Otjozondjupa Region of Namibia. It is named after the Omatako Mountains, and it dams the ephemeral Omatako River, with Omatako meaning "butt" in Oshiwambo, the name referring to the shape of the Omatako Mountains.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Omatako Dam
- Type: Reservoir
- Description: dam in Namibia
- Categories: dam and body of water
- Location: Otjozondjupa, Namibia, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-21.17644° or 21° 10′ 35″ southLongitude
17.14636° or 17° 8′ 47″ eastElevation
1,346 metres (4,416 feet)Open location code
5FCVR4FW+CGOpenStreetMap ID
way 22793735OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=reservoirGeoNames ID
3354535Wikidata ID
Q2023172
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Spanish—“Omatako Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Omatako Dam”
- German: “Omatako-Damm”
- Italian: “diga di Omatako”
- Persian: “سد اوماتاکو”
- Spanish: “Presa de Omatako”
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