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 .
  • Dam
  • …lies at an elevation of around 420 metres (1,370 feet)
  • …stands 169 metres (554 feet) tall
  • Description: dam in Turkey
  • Also known as
    “Atatuerk Dam”
    “Karababa Dam”

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Latitude
37.48049° or 37° 28′ 50″ north
Longitude
38.31764° or 38° 19′ 4″ east
Open location code
8G9WF8J9+53
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
waterway = dam
Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID

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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Ukrainian—“Atatürk Dam” goes by many names.
Diga AtatürkAlbanian
سد أتاتوركArabic
Atatürk SESAzerbaijani
Atatürk su bəndiAzerbaijani
আতাতুর্ক বাঁধBengali
АтатюркBulgarian
Presa d’AtatürkCatalan
Atatürk DamCebuano
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Chinese
Atatürkova přehradaCzech
Atatürkova přehradní nádržCzech
přehrada KarababaCzech
AtatürkdamDutch
سد اتاتوركEgyptian Arabic
Φράγμα ΑτατούρκGreek
Φράγμα ΚαράμπαμπαGreek
Φράγμα του ΑτατούρκGreek
סכר אטאטורקHebrew
סכר אתאטורקHebrew
Atatürk BarajıHungarian
Atatürk-gátHungarian
Bendungan AtatürkIndonesian
Diga AtatürkItalian
Diga di AtatürkItalian
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Japanese
Bendava AtaturkêKurdish
Bendava RihayêKurdish
അത്താതുർക്ക് അണക്കെട്ട്Malayalam
AtatürkdemningenNorwegian
Ataturk-demningenNorwegian Bokmål
AtatürkdemningenNorwegian Nynorsk
سد اتاترکPersian
Zapora AtatürkaPolish
АтатюркRussian
Водохранилище им. АтатюркаRussian
Плотина АтатюркаRussian
jez AtatürkSlovenian
Atatürk BarajıTurkish
Atatürk Barajı ve Hidroelektrik SantraliTurkish
Atatürk HESTurkish
Гребля АтатюркаUkrainian

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