Glen Canyon Dam

Glen Canyon Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam in the , located on the in northern , near the city of .
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  • Type: Dam
  • Description: dam on the Colorado River in Coconino County, Arizona, United States
  • Also known as: “Barrage de glen canyon”, “Eisenhower Dam”, “Fred T. Colter Dam”, “Glen Canyon-dammen”, “Glen-Canyon-Staudamm”, “Presa de Cañón de Glen”, “Presa Glen Canyon”, and “格蘭峽谷水壩”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Glen Canyon Dam Bridge and Shepherd of the Desert Lutheran Church (Page, Arizona).

Bridge
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The Glen Canyon Bridge or … is situated 610 feet south of Glen Canyon Dam.

Church
Photo: Wolfgang Staudt, CC BY 2.0.
is situated 2½ miles southeast of Glen Canyon Dam.

Church
Photo: Wolfgang Staudt, CC BY 2.0.
is situated 2½ miles southeast of Glen Canyon Dam.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Page and Wahweap.

Photo: Chmehl, CC BY 2.5.
is a city of 7,600 people in .

Suburb
is a populated place situated… is situated 4 miles north of Glen Canyon Dam.

Village
is a census-designated place in , , United States. is situated 6 miles south of Glen Canyon Dam.

Glen Canyon Dam

Latitude
36.93713° or 36° 56′ 14″ north
Longitude
-111.48399° or 111° 29′ 2″ west
Elevation
3,589 feet (1,094 metres)
Established
1963
Height
710 feet (216 metres)
Open location code
858CWGP8+VC
Open­Street­Map ID
way 108060498
Open­Street­Map feature
waterway=­dam
Geo­Names ID
5296010
Wiki­data ID
Q1530724
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Glen Canyon Dam” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “سد وادي جلين”
  • Basque: “Glen Canyon urtegia”
  • Catalan: “presa de Glen Canyon”
  • Catalan: “Presa de Glen Canyon”
  • Cebuano: “Glen Canyon Dam”
  • Chinese: “格伦峡谷大坝”
  • Chinese: “格倫峽谷大壩”
  • Chinese: “格倫峽谷水壩”
  • Chinese: “格兰峡谷水坝”
  • Dutch: “Glen Canyon Dam”
  • Dutch: “Glen Canyondam”
  • Finnish: “Glen Canyonin vesivoimalaitos”
  • French: “barrage de Glen Canyon”
  • French: “Barrage de Glen Canyon”
  • German: “Glen Canyon Dam”
  • German: “Glen-Canyon-Staumauer”
  • Hebrew: “סכר קניון גלן”
  • Hungarian: “Glen Canyon gát”
  • Japanese: “グレンキャニオンダム”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Glen Canyon-demningen”
  • Norwegian: “Glen Canyon-demningen”
  • Persian: “سد گلن کنیون”
  • Polish: “Zapora Glen Canyon”
  • Portuguese: “Represa do Cânion Glen”
  • Russian: “Плотина Глен-Каньон”
  • Spanish: “Presa del Cañón de Glen”
  • Swedish: “Glen Canyon Dam”
  • Ukrainian: “ГЕС Глен-Каньйон”
  • Vietnamese: “Đập Glen Canyon”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Greenehaven and Cummings Mesa.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Lake Powell at Glen Canyon Dam and Beehive Rock.

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