Roxburgh Dam
The Roxburgh Dam is the earliest of the large hydroelectric projects in the lower half of the South Island of New Zealand. It lies across the Clutha River / Mata-Au, some 160 kilometres from Dunedin, some 9 kilometres to the north of the town of Roxburgh.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places in the Area
Nearby places include Roxburgh.
Roxburgh
Village
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Roxburgh is a small New Zealand town of about 600 people in Central Otago. It is in Teviot Valley on the banks of the Clutha River, 40 kilometres south of Alexandra in the South Island. Roxburgh is situated 7 km south of Roxburgh Dam.
Roxburgh Dam
- Type: Dam
- Description: dam on the South Island of New Zealand
- Category: hydroelectric power station
- Location: Central Otago District, Otago, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-45.47601° or 45° 28′ 34″ southLongitude
169.32245° or 169° 19′ 21″ eastElevation
108 metres (354 feet)Operator
Contact EnergyOpen location code
4V6FG8FC+HXOpenStreetMap ID
way 102754741OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=damGeoNames ID
6607265Wikidata ID
Q1246704
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Uzbek—“Roxburgh Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Roxburgh Dam”
- Dutch: “Roxburgh Dam”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سد روكسبورج”
- French: “Roxburgh Dam”
- German: “Roxburgh Dam”
- Italian: “diga di Roxburgh”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Roxburgh-demningen”
- Norwegian: “Roxburgh-demningen”
- Persian: “سد راکسبورگ”
- Ukrainian: “ГЕС Roxburgh”
- Uzbek: “Roksburg to’g’oni”
Localities in the Area
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Nearby Places
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