Peace Dam
The Peace Dam is a South Korean dam on the Bukhan River. It was built to stave off possible catastrophic flooding should the upstream Imnam Dam in North Korea collapse, either intentionally or by accident.
- Type: Dam
- Description: dam
- Also known as: “평화의댐” and “平和水壩”
Peace Dam
- Location: Hwacheon-eup, Hwacheon, Gangwon, South Korea, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.21003° or 38° 12′ 36″ north
Longitude
127.84626° or 127° 50′ 47″ east
Open location code
8QC96R6W+2G
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=dam
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Thai—“Peace Dam” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “和平水壩”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سد السلام”
- French: “barrage de la paix”
- French: “Barrage de la paix”
- Italian: “diga di Peace”
- Japanese: “平和のダム”
- Korean: “평화의 댐”
- Persian: “سد صلح”
- Spanish: “Embalse de la Paz”
- Thai: “เขื่อนสันติภาพ”
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