Tapada do Outeiro

Tapada do Outeiro is a power station in União das freguesias de Melres e Medas, Gondomar Municipality, Porto District. Tapada do Outeiro is situated near the pitch Polidesportivo da EDP, as well as near the church Capela de Nossa Senhora das Canas.

Photo: Industrial Wales, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Crestuma–Lever Dam.

Crestuma–Lever Dam

Power station

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Crestuma–Lever Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the Douro. Crestuma–Lever Dam is situated 2½ km west of Tapada do Outeiro.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lever and Medas.

Lever

Town

Lever is a former civil parish in the municipality of Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal.

Medas

Village

Photo: -wuppertaler, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Medas is a village.

Crestuma

Town

Photo: Manuel de Sousa, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Crestuma is a former civil parish in the municipality of Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal. Crestuma is situated 3½ km west of Tapada do Outeiro.

Tapada do Outeiro

Type: Power station
Also known as: “Central de Ciclo Combinado da Tapada do Outeiro”, “Central Térmica da Tapada do Outeiro”, “Central Termoeléctrica da Tapada do Outeiro”, “Central Termoelétrica da Tapada do Outeiro”, “Centro de Ciclo Combinado Tapada do Outeiro”, and “Tapada Outeiro”
Categories: combined cycle power station, cultural heritage, gas-fired power station, coal-fired power station, and industry
Location: União das freguesias de Melres e Medas, Gondomar Municipality, Porto District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude

41.06846° or 41° 4′ 7″ north

Longitude

-8.45839° or 8° 27′ 30″ west

Established

1998

Operator

Portugen

Open location code

8CHH3G9R+9J

OpenStreetMap ID

way 144713328

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=industrial

Wikidata ID

Q19391970

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In Other Languages

From Norwegian to Portuguese—“Tapada do Outeiro” goes by many names.

Norwegian Bokmål: “Tapada do Outeiro kraftverk”
Norwegian: “Tapada do Outeiro kraftverk”
Portuguese: “Central da Tapada do Outeiro”
Portuguese: “Tapada do Outeiro”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Polidesportivo da EDP and Capela de Nossa Senhora das Canas.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Central Termoeléctrica do Outeiro and Jardim de Infância de Vila Cova.

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