Atatürk Dam

The Atatürk Dam, originally the Karababa Dam, is the third largest dam in the world and it is a zoned rock-fill dam with a central core on the River on the border of and in the Southeastern Anatolia Region of .
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  • Type: Dam
  • Description: dam in Turkey
  • Also known as: Atatuerk Dam

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Akyazı and Damlıca.

Village
is a village in the Adıyaman District, , . The village is populated by Kurds of the Şikakî tribe and had a population of 154 in 2021. is situated 3½ km northwest of Atatürk Dam.

Village
is a village in the Adıyaman District, , . The village had a population of 166 in 2021. is situated 6 km southwest of Atatürk Dam.

Village
is a village in the of in Turkey. The village is populated by Kurds of the Bêzikan tribe and had a population of 77 in 2021. is situated 6 km east of Atatürk Dam.

Atatürk Dam

Latitude
37.48049° or 37° 28′ 50″ north
Longitude
38.31764° or 38° 19′ 4″ east
Elevation
417 metres (1,368 feet)
Open location code
8G9WF8J9+53
Open­Street­Map ID
way 45183487
Open­Street­Map feature
waterway=­dam
Geo­Names ID
8410939
Wiki­data ID
Q753776
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Ukrainian—“Atatürk Dam” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: Diga Atatürk
  • Arabic: سد أتاتورك
  • Azerbaijani: Atatürk SES
  • Azerbaijani: Atatürk su bəndi
  • Bulgarian: Ататюрк
  • Catalan: Presa d’Atatürk
  • Cebuano: Atatürk Dam
  • Chinese: 阿塔图克坝
  • Chinese: 阿塔图克水库
  • Chinese: 阿塔图尔克大坝
  • Chinese: 阿塔图尔克水电站
  • Chinese: 阿塔圖克壩
  • Chinese: 阿塔圖克水庫
  • Chinese: 阿塔圖爾克水壩
  • Chinese: 阿塔圖爾克水電站
  • Czech: Atatürkova přehrada
  • Czech: Atatürkova přehradní nádrž
  • Czech: přehrada Karababa
  • Dutch: Ataturkdam
  • Dutch: Atatürkdam
  • Egyptian Arabic: سد اتاتورك
  • French: Barrage Ataturk
  • French: barrage Atatürk
  • French: Barrage Atatürk
  • French: Barrage d’Ataturk
  • French: Barrage d’Atatürk
  • French: Barrage de Ataturk
  • French: Barrage de Atatürk
  • German: Atatürk-Staudamm
  • Greek: Φράγμα Ατατούρκ
  • Greek: Φράγμα του Ατατούρκ
  • Hebrew: סכר אטאטורק
  • Hebrew: סכר אתאטורק
  • Hungarian: Atatürk Barajı
  • Hungarian: Atatürk-gát
  • Indonesian: Bendungan Atatürk
  • Italian: Diga Atatürk
  • Italian: diga di Atatürk
  • Italian: Diga di Atatürk
  • Japanese: アタチュルクダム
  • Japanese: アタチュルクダムおよび水力発電所
  • Japanese: アタテュルク・ダム
  • Kurdish: Bendava Ataturkê
  • Kurdish: Bendava Rihayê
  • Malayalam: അത്താതുർക്ക് അണക്കെട്ട്
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Ataturk-demningen
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Ataturkdemningen
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Atatürkdemningen
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Atatürkdemningen
  • Norwegian: Atatürkdemningen
  • Persian: سد آتاترک
  • Persian: سد اتاترک
  • Polish: Zapora Atatürka
  • Portuguese: Barragem Atatürk
  • Portuguese: Barragem de Atatürk
  • Portuguese: Represa Atatürk
  • Russian: Ататюрк
  • Russian: Водохранилище им. Ататюрка
  • Russian: Плотина Ататюрка
  • Slovenian: jez Atatürk
  • Spanish: Embalse de Atatürk
  • Spanish: Presa de Ataturk
  • Spanish: Presa de Atatürk
  • Turkish: Atatürk Barajı ve Hidroelektrik Santrali
  • Turkish: Atatürk Barajı
  • Turkish: Atatürk HES
  • Ukrainian: Гребля Ататюрка

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