Koyna Dam

The Koyna Dam is one of the largest dams in , . It is a rubble-concrete dam constructed on which rises in , a hillstation in Sahyadri ranges.
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  • Type: Dam
  • Description: dam in India
  • Also known as: “Koyna barajı”, “Koyna I & II hydro power station”, “Shivaji Sagar”, “शिवसागर जलशय”, and “शिवसागर जलाशय”

Koyna Dam

Latitude
17.40218° or 17° 24′ 8″ north
Longitude
73.75132° or 73° 45′ 5″ east
Elevation
648 metres (2,126 feet)
Open location code
7J9MCQ22+VG
Open­Street­Map ID
way 113579925
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map feature
waterway=­dam
Geo­Names ID
8133021
Wiki­data ID
Q1785742
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In Other Languages

From Bengali to Ukrainian—“Koyna Dam” goes by many names.
  • Bengali: “কোয়না বাঁধ”
  • Cebuano: “Koyna Dam”
  • Chinese: “柯伊納大壩”
  • Chinese: “柯伊纳大坝”
  • French: “barrage de Koyna”
  • French: “Barrage de Koyna”
  • German: “Koyna-Talsperre”
  • Hindi: “कोयना परियोजना”
  • Hindi: “कोयना बाँध”
  • Hungarian: “Koyna-gát”
  • Italian: “diga di Koyna”
  • Japanese: “コイナダム”
  • Malayalam: “കൊയ്‌ന അണക്കെട്ട്”
  • Marathi: “कोयना धरण”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Koyna-demningen”
  • Norwegian: “Koyna-demningen”
  • Panjabi: “ਕੋਇਨਾ ਡੈਮ”
  • Spanish: “Presa Koyna”
  • Swahili: “Bwawa la Koyna”
  • Swedish: “Koyna Dam”
  • Tamil: “கோய்னா அணை”
  • Turkish: “Koyna Barajı”
  • Ukrainian: “ГЕС Койна І, ІІ”

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Places to explore: Gokul and Koynanagar.

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