Gavins Point Dam
Gavins Point Dam is a 1.9-mile-long embankment rolled-earth and chalk-fill dam which spans the Missouri River and impounds Lewis and Clark Lake. The dam joins Cedar County, Nebraska with Yankton County, South Dakota a distance of 811.1 river miles upstream of St.
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- …lies at an elevation of 1,230 feet (375 metres)
- Description: dam in Cedar County, Nebraska and Yankton County, South Dakota
- Also known as“Gavens Point Dam”“Gavin Point Dam”“Gavins Point Damsite”
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Places in the Area
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Yankton
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Gavins Point Dam
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Latitude
42.86194° or 42° 51′ 43″ north
Longitude
-97.48534° or 97° 29′ 7″ west
Open location code
86J4VG67+QV
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Gavins Point Dam” goes by many names.
Gavins Point DamCebuano
加文斯角大壩Chinese
Gavins Point-demningenNorwegian
Gavins Point-demningenNorwegian Bokmål
ГЕС Gavins PointUkrainian
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Localities in the Area
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