Furnas Dam
The Furnas Dam is a hydroelectric dam in the Minas Gerais state of Brazil. A small settlement was built near the dam with the same name to house the workers during the dam construction.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality
- Description: hydroelectric dam in the Minas Gerais state of Brazil
- Also known as: “Nucleo Residencial e Administrativo da Represa de Furnas”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Furnas.
Furnas Dam
- Categories: hydroelectric power station and dam
- Location: São José da Barra, Minas Gerais, Southeast, Brazil, South America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Ukrainian—“Furnas Dam” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “presa de Furnas”
- Chinese: “弗納斯水壩”
- Chinese: “福爾納斯水庫”
- French: “centrale hydroélectrique de Furnas”
- French: “Centrale hydroélectrique de Furnas”
- German: “Kraftwerk Furnas”
- Italian: “diga di Furnas”
- Malay: “Empangan Furnas”
- Malayalam: “ഫർണാസ് അണക്കെട്ട്”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Furnas-demningen”
- Norwegian: “Furnas-demningen”
- Polish: “Furnas”
- Portuguese: “Furnas (hidrelétrica)”
- Portuguese: “Furnas (represa)”
- Portuguese: “Furnas”
- Portuguese: “Lago de Furnas”
- Portuguese: “Mar de Minas”
- Portuguese: “Núcleo Residencial e Administrativo da Represa de Furnas”
- Portuguese: “Represa de Furnas”
- Portuguese: “Usina hidrelétrica de furnas”
- Portuguese: “Usina Hidrelétrica de Furnas”
- Russian: “Фурнас (Плотина)”
- Russian: “Фурнас”
- Spanish: “Represa de Furnas”
- Ukrainian: “ГЕС Фурнас”
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