Glen Canyon Dam
Glen Canyon Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam in the southwestern United States, located on the Colorado River in northern Arizona, near the city of Page.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Dam
- Description: dam on the Colorado River in Coconino County, Arizona, United States
- Also known as: “Eisenhower Dam” and “Fred T. Colter Dam”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Glen Canyon Dam Bridge and Page High School.
Glen Canyon Dam Bridge
Bridge
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The Glen Canyon Bridge or Glen Canyon Dam Bridge is a steel arch bridge in Coconino County, Arizona, carrying U.S. Route 89 across the Colorado River. The bridge was originally built by the United States Bureau of Reclamation to facilitate transportation of materials for the Glen Canyon Dam, which lies adjacent to the bridge just 865 feet upstream. Glen Canyon Dam Bridge is situated 610 feet south of Glen Canyon Dam.
Page High School
School
Page High School is a high school in Page, Arizona, United States. It is part of the Page Unified School District. It opened in 1959. Serving over 750 students with a population over 7,000. Page High School is situated 2 miles southeast of Glen Canyon Dam.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Page and Wahweap.
Page
Page is a city of 7,600 people in northern Arizona. The city is best known for its two main attractions, Antelope Canyon and Lake Powell.
Wahweap
Suburb
Wahweap is a populated place situated in Coconino County, Arizona, United States, right along the border with Utah. Wahweap is situated 4 miles north of Glen Canyon Dam.
LeChee
Village
LeChee is a census-designated place in Coconino County, Arizona, United States. The population was 1,443 at the 2010 census. LeChee is situated 6 miles south of Glen Canyon Dam.
Glen Canyon Dam
- Categories: arch dam and hydroelectric power station
- Location: Coconino County, Arizona, Southwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
36.93713° or 36° 56′ 14″ northLongitude
-111.48399° or 111° 29′ 2″ westElevation
3,589 feet (1,094 metres)Inception
1963Height
710 feet (216 metres)Open location code
858CWGP8+VCOpenStreetMap ID
way 108060498OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=dam
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Glen Canyon Dam” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “سد وادي جلين”
- Catalan: “presa de Glen Canyon”
- Catalan: “Presa de Glen Canyon”
- Catalan: “Presa 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”
- Chinese: “格蘭峽谷水壩”
- Dutch: “Glen Canyon Dam”
- Dutch: “Glen Canyondam”
- Finnish: “Glen Canyonin vesivoimalaitos”
- French: “barrage de Glen Canyon”
- French: “Barrage de glen canyon”
- French: “Barrage de Glen Canyon”
- French: “Glen Canyon Dam”
- German: “Glen Canyon Dam”
- German: “Glen-Canyon-Staudamm”
- 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-dammen”
- 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: “Glen Canyon Dam”
- Spanish: “Presa de Cañón de Glen”
- Spanish: “Presa de Glen Canyon”
- Spanish: “Presa del Cañón de Glen”
- Spanish: “Presa Glen Canyon”
- Swedish: “Glen Canyon Dam”
- Ukrainian: “ГЕС Глен-Каньйон”
- Vietnamese: “Đập Glen Canyon”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Greenehaven and Cummings Mesa.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as Lake Powell at Glen Canyon Dam and Beehive Rock.
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