Metsamor Nuclear Power Plant
The Armenian Nuclear Power Plant, also known as the Metsamor Nuclear Power Plant, is the only nuclear power plant in the South Caucasus, located 36 kilometers west of Yerevan in Armenia.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Power station
- Description: nuclear power plant in Armenia
- Also known as: “Armenian NPP” and “Armenian Nuclear Power Plant”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Aknalich and Nor Yedesia.
Aknalich
Village
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Aknalich is a village in the Armavir Province of Armenia. The village is situated on a lake, after which it is named, to the east of Metsamor. Aknalich village is the site of the only Yazidi temple in Armenia. Aknalich is situated 4 km south of Metsamor Nuclear Power Plant.
Nor Yedesia
Village
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Nor Yedesia is a village in the Ashtarak Municipality of the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. As of 2001, Nor Yedesia had a population of over 1,200. Founded as a sovkhoz in 1975, Nor Yedesia today includes both privatized land and two sovkhozes. Nor Yedesia is situated 5 km north of Metsamor Nuclear Power Plant.
Metsamor
Town
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Metsamor, is a town and urban municipal community in the Armavir Province of Armenia. It is famous for being home to Armenia's Metsamor Nuclear Power Plant, the only nuclear plant in the Transcaucasian region. Metsamor is situated 5 km southwest of Metsamor Nuclear Power Plant.
Metsamor Nuclear Power Plant
- Categories: nuclear power plant and industry
- Location: Armavir Province, Armenia, Caucasus, Asia
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Latitude
40.18297° or 40° 10′ 59″ northLongitude
44.14788° or 44° 8′ 52″ eastElevation
941 metres (3,087 feet)Open location code
8HG654MX+55OpenStreetMap ID
way 271970600OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=industrial
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Metsamor Nuclear Power Plant” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “محطة متسامور الكهروذرية”
- Armenian: “Հայկական ատոմակայան”
- Armenian: “Հայկական ատոմային էլեկտրակայան”
- Armenian: “Մեծամորի ատոմակայան”
- Armenian: “Մեծամորի ատոմային էլեկտրակայան”
- Azerbaijani: “Metsamor AES”
- Azerbaijani: “Metzamor AES”
- Belarusian: “Армянская атамная электрастанцыя”
- Belarusian: “Армянская АЭС”
- Bulgarian: “АЕЦ Мецамор”
- Bulgarian: “Арменска АЕЦ”
- Chinese: “梅察莫尔核电站”
- Chinese: “美特萨默核电站”
- Czech: “jaderná elektrárna Mecamor”
- Czech: “Jaderná elektrárna Mecamor”
- Dutch: “Kerncentrale Metsamor”
- Esperanto: “Nuklea centralo Mecamoro”
- Estonian: “Armeenia tuumaelektrijaam”
- Estonian: “Metsamori tuumaelektrijaam”
- Finnish: “Armenian ydinvoimala”
- Finnish: “Metsamorin ydinvoimalaitos”
- Finnish: “Metzamorin ydinvoimalaitos”
- French: “centrale nucléaire de Metsamor”
- French: “Centrale nucléaire de Metsamor”
- Georgian: “მეწამორის ატომური ელექტროსადგური”
- German: “Kernkraftwerk Mezamor”
- Hebrew: “תחנת הכוח הגרעינית מצאמור”
- Hungarian: “Mecamori atomerőmű”
- Italian: “centrale nucleare di Metsamor”
- Italian: “Centrale nucleare di Metsamor”
- Japanese: “メツァモール原子力発電所”
- Korean: “아르메니아 원자력 발전소”
- Latvian: “Armēnijas AES”
- Latvian: “Armēnijas atomelektrostacija”
- Latvian: “Mecamoras AES”
- Latvian: “Mecamoras atomelektrostacija”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Metsamor kjernekraftverk”
- Norwegian: “Metsamor kjernekraftverk”
- Persian: “نیروگاه هستهای متسامور”
- Portuguese: “Central nuclear de Medzamor”
- Russian: “Армянская АЭС”
- Slovak: “Arménska jadrová elektráreň”
- Spanish: “Central nuclear Metsamor”
- Swedish: “Metsamor kärnkraftverk”
- Turkish: “Metzamor Nükleer Santrali”
- Ukrainian: “Вірменська атомна електростанція”
- Ukrainian: “Мецаморська атомна електростанція”
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