Miho Dam
The Miho Dam is a multi-purpose dam on the Kawauchi River, a tributary stream of the Sakawa River in the town of Yamakita, Ashigarakami District, Kanagawa Prefecture on the island of Honshū, Japan.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mt. Oono and Gongen Yama.
Mt. Oono
Peak
Mount Ōno is a mountain located in Yamakita, Kanagawa. It belongs to Tanzawa-Ōyama Quasi-National Park. The area around the mountaintop had been used as a Kanagawa Prefectural Onoyama dairy cow breeding ranch, but it was abolished as a prefectural ranch on March 31, 2016. Mt. Oono is situated 2½ km south of Miho Dam.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Yamakita and Oyama.
Yamakita
Town
Yamakita is a town located in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 October 2023, the town had an estimated population of 9,468 and a population density of 42,1 persons per km². The total area of the town is 224.70 square kilometres. Yamakita is situated 7 km southeast of Miho Dam.
Oyama
Town
Oyama is a town located in Suntō District, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 October 2023, the town had an estimated population of 17,297 in 7496 households and a population density of 127 persons per km2. Oyama is situated 7 km southwest of Miho Dam.
Miho Dam
- Type: Dam
- Description: Japanese dam
- Category: embankment dam
- Location: Yamakita Machi, Ashigarakami-gun, Kanagawa, Kanto, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
35.40988° or 35° 24′ 36″ north
Longitude
139.04141° or 139° 2′ 29″ east
Elevation
323 metres (1,060 feet)
Open location code
8Q7XC25R+XH
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=dam
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Satellite Map
Discover Miho Dam from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Uzbek—“Miho Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Miho-damu”
- Chinese: “三保水壩”
- Italian: “diga di Miho”
- Italian: “Diga di Miho”
- Japanese: “みほだむ”
- Japanese: “三保ダム”
- Uzbek: “Miho toʻgʻoni”
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