Uchiage Dam
Uchiage Dam is a rockfill dam located in Saga Prefecture in Japan. The dam is used for irrigation. The catchment area of the dam is 6 km2. The dam impounds about 17 ha of land when full and can store 1580 thousand cubic meters of water.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Nagoya Castle Ruins and Saga Prefectural Museum of Nagoya Castle.
Nagoya Castle Ruins
Castle
Photo: Aboshi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Nagoya Castle was a Japanese castle located in Karatsu, Saga Prefecture. Nagoya Castle was located within Hizen Province on a peninsula near to Iki Island, and served as the base from which Toyotomi Hideyoshi launched his invasions of Korea from 1592 to 1598. Nagoya Castle Ruins is situated 3½ km northwest of Uchiage Dam.
Saga Prefectural Museum of Nagoya Castle
Museum
Photo: Aboshi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Saga Prefectural Nagoya Castle Museum opened in 1993 in Karatsu, Saga Prefecture, Japan, on the site of Nagoya Castle, built in 1591 as the base for Hideyoshi's invasions of Korea. Saga Prefectural Museum of Nagoya Castle is situated 3½ km northwest of Uchiage Dam.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Genkai and Karatsu.
Genkai
Town
Photo: Histwr, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Genkai is a town located in Higashimatsuura District, Saga Prefecture, Japan. As of 31 May 2024, the town had an estimated population of 4,910 in 1918 households, and a population density of 240 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 35.92 km2. Genkai is situated 4½ km southwest of Uchiage Dam.
Karatsu
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Karatsu is a city located in Saga Prefecture on the island of Kyushu, Japan. Its name, formed from the Japanese word roots 唐 kara, and 津 tsu, signifies its historical importance as an ancient trading port between Japan with China and Korea.
Uchiage Dam
- Type: Dam
- Description: dam in Saga Prefecture, Japan
- Location: Karatsu Shi, Saga, Kyushu, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
33.50766° or 33° 30′ 28″ northLongitude
129.90225° or 129° 54′ 8″ eastElevation
71 metres (233 feet)Operator
農林水産省九州農政局Open location code
8Q5FGW52+3WOpenStreetMap ID
way 1046851652OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=damGeoNames ID
7573512Wikidata ID
Q34964790
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Tamil—“Uchiage Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Uchiage-damu”
- Japanese: “うちあげだむ”
- Japanese: “打上ダム”
- Tamil: “உச்சியேச்சு அணை”
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