Qorlortorsuaq Dam
Qorlortorsuaq Dam is a hydroelectric dam near Qorlortorsuaq in the Nanortalik district of the Kujalleq municipality in southern Greenland. It has a capacity of 7.6 MW and it generates power for the neighbouring towns of Qaqortoq and Narsaq.Places in the Area
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Qorlortorsuaq
Village
Qorlortorsuaq is a village in the Nanortalik district, in the Kujalleq municipality in southern Greenland, located at the site of the largest waterfall in the country; the waterfall also goes by the name of Qorlortorsuaq.
Qorlortorsuaq Dam
- Type: Dam
- Description: hydroelectric dam in Greenland
- Location: Kujalleq, Greenland, North America
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Latitude
60.77947° or 60° 46′ 46″ north
Longitude
-45.2409° or 45° 14′ 27″ west
Operator
Landsvirkjun
Open location code
98GPQQH5+QJ
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=dam
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Danish to Persian—“Qorlortorsuaq Dam” goes by many names.
- Danish: “Qorlortorsuaq vandkraftværk”
- Italian: “diga di Qorlortorsuaq”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Qorlortorsuaq vannkraftverk”
- Norwegian: “Qorlortorsuaq vannkraftverk”
- Persian: “سد قرلرطرسوق”
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