Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Province of Pordenone
Erto e Casso

Vajont Dam

The Vajont Dam or Vaiont Dam is a disused hydro-electric dam in the valley of the Vajont river under , in the municipality of , 100 kilometres north of , Italy.
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  • Type: Dam
  • Description: disused dam
  • Also known as: “Vajont dam”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Monte Toc and Santa Maria Immacolata church.

Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0.
, nicknamed The Walking Mountain by locals due to its tendency to experience landslides, is a mountain on the border between and in Northern Italy. is situated 3½ km south of Vajont Dam.

Church
Photo: Mountainwilderness, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is situated 2 km west of Vajont Dam.

Lake
Photo: Im Fokus, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is situated 3 km east of Vajont Dam.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Casso and Castellavazzo.

Hamlet
Photo: Tor91, Public domain.
is an Italian village, frazione of , in the . Its population is 35. Together with Erto, its administrative seat, it forms the municipality of Erto-Casso.

Village
Photo: Vaghestelledellorsa, CC BY 3.0.
is a comune in the in the region of , located about 90 kilometres north of and about 20 kilometres northeast of . is situated 2½ km northwest of Vajont Dam.

Vajont Dam

Latitude
46.26722° or 46° 16′ 2″ north
Longitude
12.32894° or 12° 19′ 44″ east
Elevation
717 metres (2,352 feet)
Open location code
8FRJ788H+VH
Open­Street­Map ID
way 978323273
Open­Street­Map feature
waterway=­dam
Geo­Names ID
7283964
Wiki­data ID
Q22335
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Satellite Map

Discover Vajont Dam from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Venetian—“Vajont Dam” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “سد فايونت”
  • Catalan: “presa del Vajont”
  • Chinese: “瓦伊昂大坝”
  • Chinese: “瓦伊昂大壩”
  • Czech: “Vajont”
  • Danish: “Vajont-dæmningen”
  • Dutch: “Vaiontdam”
  • Dutch: “Vajontdam”
  • French: “Barrage de Vajont”
  • French: “barrage du Vajont”
  • French: “Barrage du Vajont”
  • German: “Vajont-Staumauer”
  • Greek: “Φράγμα Βάιοντ”
  • Hungarian: “a Vajont patak gátja”
  • Hungarian: “Vajont-gát”
  • Hungarian: “Vajont-völgyzárógát”
  • Indonesian: “Bendungan Vajont”
  • Italian: “diga del Vajont”
  • Italian: “Diga del Vajont”
  • Japanese: “バイオントダム”
  • Korean: “바이온트댐”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Vaiont-demningen”
  • Norwegian: “Vaiont-demningen”
  • Persian: “سد وایونت”
  • Polish: “Zapora Vajont”
  • Portuguese: “Barragem do Vajont”
  • Russian: “Плотина Вайонт”
  • Sicilian: “Disastru dô Vajont”
  • Spanish: “Presa del Vajont”
  • Ukrainian: “Гребля Вайонт”
  • Ukrainian: “Дамба Вайонт”
  • Venetian: “Strage del Vajont”

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