Contra Dam
The Contra Dam, commonly known as the Verzasca Dam and the Locarno Dam, is an arch dam on the Verzasca River in the Val Verzasca of Ticino, Switzerland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Dam
- Description: dam in Ticino, Switzerland
- Also known as: “Locarno Dam” and “Verzasca Dam”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Tenero railway station and Gordola railway station.
Tenero railway station
Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tenero railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Tenero-Contra, in the Swiss canton of Ticino. It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Giubiasco–Locarno line of Swiss Federal Railways. Tenero railway station is situated 2 km south of Contra Dam.
Gordola railway station
Railway station
Photo: NAC, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Gordola railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Gordola, in the Swiss canton of Ticino. It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Giubiasco–Locarno line of Swiss Federal Railways. Gordola railway station is situated 2½ km southeast of Contra Dam.
Santi Carpoforo e Gottardo Parish Church and rectory
Church
Photo: Hieroglyphics, Public domain.
Santi Carpoforo e Gottardo Parish Church and rectory is situated 1½ km north of Contra Dam.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gordemo and Mergoscia.
Gordemo
Village
Gordemo is a hillside village in Locarno District, Switzerland, to the northwest of Gordola. It is notably located close to the Verzasca Dam, about 800 metres downstream in the valleyside.
Mergoscia
Village
Mergoscia is a municipality in the district of Locarno in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.
Gordola
Village
Gordola is a municipality in the district of Locarno in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.
Contra Dam
- Category: arch dam
- Location: Tenero, Locarno District, Ticino, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.19626° or 46° 11′ 47″ northLongitude
8.84836° or 8° 50′ 54″ eastElevation
436 metres (1,430 feet)Height
220 metres (722 feet)Open location code
8FRC5RWX+G8OpenStreetMap ID
way 70224383OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=damGeoNames ID
7282659Wikidata ID
Q2802728
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Swedish—“Contra Dam” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “presa de Contra”
- Cebuano: “Verzasca Damm”
- Chinese: “孔特拉坝”
- Chinese: “孔特拉壩”
- Czech: “přehrada Contra”
- Czech: “Přehrada Contra”
- Czech: “přehrada Verzasca, Locarno, Lago di Vogorno”
- Dutch: “Contra Dam”
- Finnish: “Contran pato”
- French: “barrage de Contra”
- French: “Barrage de contra”
- French: “Barrage de Contra”
- German: “Contra Talsperre”
- German: “Contra-Staumauer”
- German: “Diga di Contra”
- German: “Talsperre Contra”
- Italian: “Centrale idroelettrica Verzasca”
- Italian: “Diga della Verzasca”
- Italian: “diga di Contra”
- Italian: “Diga di Contra”
- Italian: “Diga di Verzasca”
- Macedonian: “Контра”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Contra Dam”
- Norwegian: “Contra Dam”
- Persian: “سد کونترا”
- Polish: “Tama Verzasca”
- Slovak: “Priehrada Contra”
- Spanish: “Represa de Verzasca”
- Swedish: “Verzasca Damm”
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