SKQ Dam
The Séliš Ksanka Ql̓ispé Dam, also known as SKQ Dam, is a concrete gravity-arch dam located at river mile 72 of the Flathead River. Built in 1938, it raises the level and increases the size of Flathead Lake near Polson, Montana.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Dam
- Description: dam in Lake County, Montana, United States of America
- Also known as: “Kerr Dam”, “Seli’š Ksanka Qlispe’”, “Seli’š Ksanka Qlispe’ Dam”, and “Selis Ksanka Qlispe (SKQ) Dam”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Polson.
Polson
Photo: Montanabw, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Polson is a city in Lake County, Montana, United States, on the southern shore of Flathead Lake and within the Flathead Indian Reservation. The population was 5,148 at the 2020 census.
SKQ Dam
- Category: hydroelectric power station
- Location: Lake, Montana, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude
47.67756° or 47° 40′ 39″ northLongitude
-114.23416° or 114° 14′ 3″ westElevation
2,900 feet (884 metres)Open location code
85V7MQH8+28OpenStreetMap ID
way 132578834OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=dam
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“SKQ Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Kerr Dam (alihan sa tubig sa Estados Unidos, Montana, Lake County, lat 47,68, long -114,23)”
- Cebuano: “Kerr Dam”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سد كير”
- Italian: “diga di Kerr”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kerr-demningen”
- Norwegian: “Kerr-demningen”
- Slovenian: “jez Kerr”
- Slovenian: “Kerr Dam”
- Ukrainian: “ГЕС Керр”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Kerr and Jette.
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