El Chocón Dam

The El Chocón Dam is one of the most iconic engineering works in Patagonia and the Argentine Republic. Located on the Limay River, in the northwestern region of Patagonia known as Comahue, it is 381 meters above sea level and approximately 80 kilometers upstream from the confluence of the Limay and Neuquén Rivers.
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  • Dam
  • …lies at an elevation of 328 metres (1,076 feet)
  • …is also known as “El Chocón”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Villa El Chocón and El Chocón.
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El Chocón Dam

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Latitude
-39.25° or 39° 15′ south
Longitude
-68.71667° or 68° 43′ west
Open location code
47GHQ72M+28
Geo­Names ID
3858400
Wiki­data ID
Q1287364

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In Other Languages

From Bashkir to Ukrainian—“El Chocón Dam” goes by many names.
  • Bashkir: “Эль-Чокон”
  • Catalan: “Presa El Chocón”
  • Cebuano: “El Chocón”
  • Chinese: “El Chocón 水壩”
  • Chinese: “Ezequiel Ramos Mexía水库”
  • Dutch: “El Chocón Dam”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “سد ايل تشيكون”
  • Esperanto: “Akvorezervejo El Chocón”
  • French: “barrage d’El Chocón”
  • French: “Barrage d’El Chocón”
  • German: “El Chocón”
  • Italian: “diga di El Chocón”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “El Chocón-demningen”
  • Norwegian: “El Chocón-demningen”
  • Persian: “سد ال چوکون”
  • Russian: “Эль-Чокон”
  • Spanish: “Represa El Chocon”
  • Spanish: “Represa El Chocón”
  • Swedish: “El Chocón”
  • Ukrainian: “Ель-Чокон”

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