Los Caracoles Dam
The Lost Caracoles Dam, or Caracoles Dam is a concrete-face rock-fill dam on the San Juan River about 44 kilometres west of San Juan in San Juan Province, Argentina.
- Type: Dam
- Description: dam in San Juan, San Juan Province
- Also known as: “Dique Caracoles”
Los Caracoles Dam
- Categories: embankment dam, hydroelectric power station, and building
- Location: San Juan, Cuyo, Argentina, South America
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Latitude
-31.51938° or 31° 31′ 10″ south
Longitude
-68.98237° or 68° 58′ 57″ west
Elevation
942 metres (3,091 feet)
Height
136 metres (446 feet)
Operator
Energía Provincial Sociedad del Estado (EPSE)
Open location code
47WHF2J9+63
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
building=yes
OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=dam
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From French to Ukrainian—“Los Caracoles Dam” goes by many names.
- French: “Barrage de Caracoles”
- French: “barrage Los Caracoles”
- French: “Barrage Los Caracoles”
- German: “Talsperre Los Caracoles”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Caracoles-demningen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Los Caracoles-demningen”
- Norwegian: “Los Caracoles-demningen”
- Persian: “سد لس کاراکلس”
- Spanish: “Embalse Caracoles”
- Spanish: “Represa Los Caracoles”
- Ukrainian: “ГЕС Караколес”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Central Hidroeléctrica Los Caracoles and Cóndores del Espinacito.
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