Mettur Dam
The Mettur Dam is one of the largest dams in India, built during colonial rule, and the largest in Tamil Nadu, located across the river Kaveri where it enters the plains.
- Type: Dam
- Description: dam in Tamil Nadu, India
- Also known as: “Mettur hydro power station”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights: Mettur Dam railway station and Mettur Thermal Power Station.
Mettur Dam railway station
Railway station
Mettur Dam railway station is an NSG–6 category Indian… Mettur Dam railway station is situated 2 km east of Mettur Dam.
Mettur Thermal Power Station
Power station
The Mettur Thermal Power Station is a coal-fired… Mettur Thermal Power Station is situated 3½ km south of Mettur Dam.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mettur and Kolathur.
Kolathur
Town
Kulathur is a panchayat town in Mettur taluk of Salem district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Kolathur is situated 8 km northwest of Mettur Dam.
Mettur Dam
- Categories: hydroelectric power station and gravity dam
- Location: Mettur, Salem, Kongu Nadu, Tamil Nadu, Southern India, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
11.80346° or 11° 48′ 13″ north
Longitude
77.80627° or 77° 48′ 23″ east
Open location code
7J3VRR34+9G
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=dam
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Yue Chinese—“Mettur Dam” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “梅图尔大坝”
- Chinese: “梅圖爾大壩”
- French: “barrage de Mettur”
- French: “Barrage de Mettur”
- Italian: “diga di Mettur”
- Literary Chinese: “梅圖爾大壩”
- Swahili: “Bwawa la Mettur”
- Tamil: “மேட்டூர் அணை”
- Ukrainian: “ГЕС Меттур”
- Yue Chinese: “梅圖爾大壩”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Fountain and Mettur Dam Park.
Nearby Places
Places to explore: Col. W.M.Ellis and Tamilnadu Mettur.
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