Shasta Dam

Shasta Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam across the in in the . At 602 feet high, it is the eighth-tallest dam in the United States.
Wikipedia
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  • Dam
  • …lies at an elevation of 804 feet (245 metres)
  • Description: dam in Shasta County, California, United States of America

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kennett.

Archaeological site
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was an important copper mining town… is situated 1½ miles north of Shasta Dam.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Shasta Lake and Mountain Gate.

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The city of , known as Central Valley…

Hamlet
is a census-designated place in , United States. is situated 4½ miles east of Shasta Dam.

Shasta Dam

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Latitude
40.71803° or 40° 43′ 5″ north
Longitude
-122.41991° or 122° 25′ 12″ west
Open location code
84GVPH9J+62
Open­Street­Map ID
way 90259945
Open­Street­Map feature
waterway=­dam
Geo­Names ID
5571100
Wiki­data ID
Q1972924

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Shasta Dam” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Shasta Dam”
  • Chinese: “沙斯塔坝”
  • Dutch: “Shasta Lake”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “سد شاستا”
  • Finnish: “Shastan pato”
  • French: “barrage de Shasta”
  • French: “Barrage de Shasta”
  • French: “Lac Shasta”
  • German: “Shasta Dam”
  • German: “Shasta-Talsperre”
  • Hebrew: “סכר שאסטה”
  • Italian: “diga di Shasta”
  • Italian: “Diga Shasta”
  • Italian: “Kennett Dam”
  • Japanese: “シャスタ・ダム”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Shasta-demningen”
  • Norwegian: “Shasta-demningen”
  • Nyanja: “Dambo la Shasta”
  • Polish: “Zapora Shasta”
  • Romanian: “Barajul Shasta”
  • Romanian: “Shasta Dam”
  • Ukrainian: “ГЕС Шаста”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Centimudi and Newtown.

Nearby Places

Explore places such as Shasta Substation and Shasta Dam Info Center.

Shasta County: Highlights

Notable places include Redding and Anderson.

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