Bonnet Carre Spillway Dam
The Bonnet Carré Spillway is a flood control operation in the Lower Mississippi Valley. Located in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana, about 12 miles west of New Orleans, it allows floodwaters from the Mississippi River to flow into Lake Pontchartrain and thence into the Gulf of Mexico.
- Type: Dam
- Description: dam in the United States of America
- Also known as: “Bonnet Carre”, “Bonnet Carré”, “Bonnet Carré Spillway”, and “博内·卡雷泄洪道”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights: Waterford Nuclear Generating Station.
Waterford Nuclear Generating Station
Power station
The Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 3, also… Waterford Nuclear Generating Station is situated 2 miles west of Bonnet Carre Spillway Dam.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Norco and Killona.
Norco
Village
Norco is a census-designated place in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana, United States. Norco is situated 1½ miles east of Bonnet Carre Spillway Dam.
Killona
Hamlet
Killona is a census-designated place in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana, United States. Killona is situated 2½ miles west of Bonnet Carre Spillway Dam.
Hahnville
Village
Hahnville is a census-designated place in and the… Hahnville is situated 2½ miles southeast of Bonnet Carre Spillway Dam.
Bonnet Carre Spillway Dam
- Location: St. Charles, Louisiana, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
30.0022° or 30° 0′ 8″ north
Longitude
-90.4412° or 90° 26′ 28″ west
Elevation
10 feet (3 metres)
Open location code
862F2H25+VG
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=dam
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In Other Languages
From Bavarian to Russian—“Bonnet Carre Spillway Dam” goes by many names.
- Bavarian: “Bonnet Carré Spillway”
- Cebuano: “Bonnet Carre Spillway”
- Chinese: “邦卡莱溢洪道”
- Chinese: “邦卡萊溢洪道”
- French: “déversoir de Bonnet Carré”
- French: “Déversoir de Bonnet Carré”
- German: “Bonnet Carré Spillway”
- Japanese: “ボンネ・キャレ放水路”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Bonnet Carré Spillway”
- Norwegian: “Bonnet Carré Spillway”
- Russian: “Боннет Карре Спилуэй”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Taft and Sellers.
Nearby Places
Places to explore: Mississippi River at Bonnet Carre Spillway and Bonnet Carré Spillway Project Office.
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