Arakawa Dam
Arakawa Dam is a concrete gravity dam located in Okinawa prefecture of Japan. The dam is used to collect drinking water for water supply, irrigation and flood control.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Camp Gonsalves Marine Corps Jungle Warfare Training Center and Okinawa Yanbaru Seawater Pumped Storage Power Station.
Camp Gonsalves Marine Corps Jungle Warfare Training Center
Military installation
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Camp Gonsalves is a U.S. Marine Corps jungle warfare training area located in northern Okinawa, Japan, across the villages of Kunigami and Higashi. Established in 1958, it is the largest U.S. training facility in Okinawa. Camp Gonsalves Marine Corps Jungle Warfare Training Center is situated 4 km north of Arakawa Dam.
Okinawa Yanbaru Seawater Pumped Storage Power Station
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Okinawa Yanbaru Seawater Pumped Storage Power Station was an experimental hydroelectric power station located in Kunigami, Okinawa, Japan and operated by the Electric Power Development Company. Okinawa Yanbaru Seawater Pumped Storage Power Station is situated 2½ km southeast of Arakawa Dam.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kunigami.
Kunigami
Village
Photo: Hykw-a4, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kunigami is a village in Kunigami District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. It occupies the north tip of Okinawa Island, with the East China Sea to the west, Pacific Ocean to the east, and villages of Higashi and Ōgimi to the south. Kunigami is situated 10 km northwest of Arakawa Dam.
Arakawa Dam
- Type: Dam
- Description: dam in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan
- Location: Higashi Village, Kunigami District, Okinawa, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
26.68035° or 26° 40′ 49″ northLongitude
128.24539° or 128° 14′ 43″ eastElevation
154 metres (505 feet)Open location code
7QRCM6JW+45OpenStreetMap ID
way 414752104OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=dam
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Japanese—“Arakawa Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Arakawa-damu”
- Japanese: “あらかわだむ”
- Japanese: “新川ダム”
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