W. A. C. Bennett Dam
The W. A. C. Bennett Dam is a large hydroelectric dam on the Peace River in northern British Columbia, Canada. At 186 metres high, it is one of the world's highest earth fill dams.
- Dam
- …lies at an elevation of around 620 metres (2,020 feet)
- …is also known as “Gordon M. Shrum Generation Station”
- Description: dam in Hudson’s Hope, British Columbia, Canada
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Latitude
56.01658° or 56° 0′ 60″ north
Longitude
-122.20307° or 122° 12′ 11″ west
Open location code
948V2Q8W+JQ
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“W. A. C. Bennett Dam” goes by many names.
W.A.C. Bennett DamCebuano
W.A.C貝內特水壩Chinese
威廉·安德魯·塞西爾·本納德水壩Chinese
戈登·施鲁姆水电站Chinese
施魯姆水電站Chinese
施鲁姆水电站Chinese
W・A・C・ベネットダムJapanese
W. A. C. Bennett-demningenNorwegian
Gordon M. Shrum vannkraftverkNorwegian Bokmål
Gordon Shrum vannkraftverkNorwegian Bokmål
W. A. C. Bennett-demningenNorwegian Bokmål
W. A. C. Bennett DamRussian
Плотина БеннеттаRussian
W. A. C. Bennett DamSlovenian
W.A.C. Bennett DamSwedish
ГЕС Гордона М. ШрамаUkrainian
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