Atatürk Dam

The Atatürk Dam, originally the Karababa Dam, is the fourth 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”, “Atatürk HES”, “Atatürk su bəndi”, “Ataturk-demningen”, “Ataturkdam”, “Ataturkdemningen”, “Barrage Ataturk”, “Barrage d’Ataturk”, “Barrage d’Atatürk”, “Barrage de Ataturk”, “Barrage de Atatürk”, “Barragem Atatürk”, “Karababa Dam”, “přehrada Karababa”, “Presa de Ataturk”, “Presa de Atatürk”, “Φράγμα Καράμπαμπα”, “Φράγμα του Ατατούρκ”, “Водохранилище им. Ататюрка”, “סכר אתאטורק”, “سد اتاترک”, “アタチュルクダム”, “アタチュルクダムおよび水力発電所”, “阿塔图克水库”, “阿塔圖克壩”, and “阿塔圖克水庫”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Akyazı and Damlıca.

Village
is a village in the Adıyaman District, , Turkey. is situated 3½ km northwest of Atatürk Dam.

Village
is a village in the Adıyaman District, , Turkey. is situated 6 km southwest of Atatürk Dam.

Village
is a village in the of in Turkey. 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)
Height
169 metres (554 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”
  • Bengali: “আতাতুর্ক বাঁধ”
  • Bulgarian: “Ататюрк”
  • Catalan: “Presa d’Atatürk”
  • Cebuano: “Atatürk Dam”
  • Chinese: “阿塔图克坝”
  • Chinese: “阿塔图尔克大坝”
  • Chinese: “阿塔图尔克水电站”
  • Chinese: “阿塔圖爾克水壩”
  • Chinese: “阿塔圖爾克水電站”
  • Czech: “Atatürkova přehrada”
  • Czech: “Atatürkova přehradní nádrž”
  • Dutch: “Atatürkdam”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “سد اتاتورك”
  • French: “barrage Atatürk”
  • French: “Barrage Atatürk”
  • German: “Atatürk-Staudamm”
  • Greek: “Φράγμα Ατατούρκ”
  • Hebrew: “סכר אטאטורק”
  • Hungarian: “Atatürk-gát”
  • Indonesian: “Bendungan Atatürk”
  • Italian: “diga di Atatürk”
  • Italian: “Diga di Atatürk”
  • Japanese: “アタテュルク・ダム”
  • Kurdish: “Bendava Ataturkê”
  • Kurdish: “Bendava Rihayê”
  • Malayalam: “അത്താതുർക്ക് അണക്കെട്ട്”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Atatürkdemningen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Atatürkdemningen”
  • Norwegian: “Atatürkdemningen”
  • Persian: “سد آتاترک”
  • Polish: “Zapora Atatürka”
  • Portuguese: “Barragem de Atatürk”
  • Portuguese: “Represa Atatürk”
  • Russian: “Ататюрк”
  • Russian: “Плотина Ататюрка”
  • Slovenian: “jez Atatürk”
  • Spanish: “Embalse de Atatürk”
  • Turkish: “Atatürk Barajı ve Hidroelektrik Santrali”
  • Turkish: “Atatürk Barajı”
  • Ukrainian: “Гребля Ататюрка”

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Places to explore: Eskin and Selamet.

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Places to explore: Atatürk Hidroelektrik Santrali and Baraj Şehitleri Anıtı.

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