Clyde Dam
The Clyde Dam, New Zealand's second-largest hydroelectric dam, is built on the Clutha River / Mata-Au near the town of Clyde. It is owned and operated by Contact Energy.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Clilly4, Public domain.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Clyde and Earnscleugh.
Clyde
Town
Clyde, formerly Dunstan, is a small town in Central Otago, New Zealand with a population of 1,200 in June 2025. It is located on the Clutha River, between Cromwell and Alexandra.
Earnscleugh
Locality
Earnscleugh is a small settlement and rural community, based alongside the Earnscleugh River in the Central Otago District, in the Otago region of New Zealand's South Island. The area has vineyards and orchards. Earnscleugh is situated 4 km south of Clyde Dam.
Clyde Dam
- Type: Dam
- Description: dam on the Clutha River near the town of Clyde, New Zealand
- Location: Central Otago District, Otago, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-45.17952° or 45° 10′ 46″ southLongitude
169.30646° or 169° 18′ 23″ eastElevation
170 metres (558 feet)Inception
April 22nd, 1994Operator
Contact EnergyOpen location code
4V6FR8C4+5HOpenStreetMap ID
way 102754584OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=dam
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Clyde Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Clyde Dam (alihan sa tubig sa New Zealand)”
- Cebuano: “Clyde Dam”
- Dutch: “Clyde Dam”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سد كلايد”
- French: “barrage de Clyde”
- French: “Barrage de Clyde”
- German: “Clyde Dam”
- Italian: “diga di Clyde”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Clyde-demningen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Clydedemningen”
- Norwegian: “Clydedemningen”
- Persian: “سد کلاید”
- Russian: “плотина Клайд”
- Ukrainian: “ГЕС Клайд”
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