Fontana Dam

Fontana Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the in and counties, North Carolina, United States. The dam is operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority, which built the dam in the early 1940s to satisfy the skyrocketing electricity…
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is a mountain in the … is situated 2½ miles north of Fontana Dam.

Fontana Dam

Latitude
35.45229° or 35° 27′ 8″ north
Longitude
-83.80505° or 83° 48′ 18″ west
Elevation
1,581 feet (482 metres)
Established
November 11th, 1944
Operator
Tennessee Valley Authority
Open location code
867RF52V+WX
Open­Street­Map ID
way 43380314
Open­Street­Map feature
waterway=­dam
Geo­Names ID
4466679
Wiki­data ID
Q2885120
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Ukrainian—“Fontana Dam” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Fontana urtegia”
  • Cebuano: “Fontana Dam”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “سد فونتانا”
  • French: “barrage de Fontana”
  • French: “Barrage de Fontana”
  • Italian: “diga di Fontana”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Fontana-demningen”
  • Norwegian: “Fontana-demningen”
  • Ukrainian: “ГЕС Фонтана”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Fontana Village and Fairfax.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Fontana Substation and Fontana Village Campground.

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