Ürkmez Dam
Ürkmez Dam is a dam in İzmir Province, Turkey, built between 1985 and 1990. The development was backed by the Turkish State Hydraulic Works. Ürkmez Dam is located in Seferihisar district of İzmir Province, western Turkey.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Dam
- Description: dam in Turkey
- Also known as: “UErkmez Baraji” and “Ürkmez Barajı”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Levedos.
Levedos
Archaeological site
Lebedus or Lebedos was one of the twelve cities of the Ionian League, located south of Smyrna, Klazomenai and neighboring Teos and before Ephesus, which is further south. Levedos is situated 2½ km southeast of Ürkmez Dam.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mersinalanı and Doğanbey.
Mersinalanı
Suburb
Mersinalanı is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Seferihisar, İzmir Province, Turkey. Its population is 3,141. Ürkmez was an independent municipality until it was merged into the municipality of Seferihisar in 2008.
Doğanbey
Neighborhood
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Doğanbey, named İpsili or İpsili Hisar until the late Ottoman period, is a settlement and former municipality in the district of Seferihisar, İzmir Province, western Turkey. Doğanbey is situated 8 km west of Ürkmez Dam.
Orhanlı
Village
Photo: Sururi Uras, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Orhanlı is a village, which is situated 8 km north of Ürkmez Dam.
Ürkmez Dam
- Category: building
- Location: Seferihisar District, İzmir Province, Turkey, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.09314° or 38° 5′ 35″ northLongitude
26.95534° or 26° 57′ 19″ eastElevation
22 metres (72 feet)Open location code
8GC83XV4+74OpenStreetMap ID
way 221092079OpenStreetMap feature
building=damOpenStreetMap feature
waterway=damGeoNames ID
9985651Wikidata ID
Q1090305
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Ürkmez Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Ürkmez Barajı”
- Dutch: “Ürkmez Dam”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سد اركميز”
- French: “Barrage d’Urkmez”
- French: “barrage d’Ürkmez”
- French: “Barrage d’Ürkmez”
- French: “Barrage de Urkmez”
- French: “Barrage de Ürkmez”
- German: “Ürkmez-Talsperre”
- Italian: “diga di Ürkmez”
- Italian: “Diga di Ürkmez”
- Turkish: “Ürkmez Barajı”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Payamlı and Ürkmez.
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