Benmore Dam
Benmore Dam is the largest dam within the Waitaki power scheme, located in the Canterbury Region of New Zealand's South Island. There are eight other power stations in the Waitaki Power Scheme.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Andrew Cooper, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Dam
- Description: dam in Canterbury region, New Zealand
- Also known as: “Benmore Power Station”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Junction Island and Black Jacks Island.
Black Jacks Island
Island
Black Jacks Island is an island in Lake Benmore in Otago, New Zealand. Black Jacks Island is situated 3 km north of Benmore Dam.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Otematata.
Otematata
Village
Otematata is a town in the Waitaki District of Canterbury in New Zealand's South Island. It is defined as a "populated area less than a town" and the 2001 New Zealand census gave the "usually resident population count" as 243. Otematata is situated 5 km south of Benmore Dam.
Benmore Dam
- Categories: embankment dam and hydroelectric power station
- Location: Otago, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Benmore Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Benmore Dam”
- French: “barrage de Benmore”
- French: “Barrage de Benmore”
- German: “Kraftwerk Benmore”
- German: “Talsperre Benmore”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Benmore-demningen”
- Norwegian: “Benmore-demningen”
- Persian: “سد بنمور”
- Ukrainian: “ГЕС Benmore”
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