Mettur Dam

The Mettur Dam is one of the largest dams in India built in pre-independent India and is also the largest in Tamil Nadu, located across the river Kaveri where it enters the plains.
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  • Type: Dam
  • Description: dam in Tamil Nadu, India
  • Also known as: “Mettur hydro power station”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Mettur Dam railway station and Mettur Thermal Power Station.

Railway station
is an NSG–6 category Indian railway station in Salem railway division of Southern Railway zone. It is a railway station situated in , in the Indian state of . is situated 2 km east of Mettur Dam.

Power station
The is a coal-fired electric power station located in Salem district of . It is operated by Tamil Nadu Power Generation Corporation Limited. is situated 3½ km south of Mettur Dam.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mettur and Kolathur.

Town
Photo: Sar kumar a, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an industrial and tourist town located in the in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. It is best known for the which is the largest dam in south India.

Town
is a panchayat town in Mettur taluk of in the Indian state of . It is one of the 31 panchayat towns in the district. Spread across an area of 9.45 km2, it had a population of 12,745 individuals as per the 2011 census. is situated 8 km northwest of Mettur Dam.

Mettur Dam

Latitude
11.80346° or 11° 48′ 13″ north
Longitude
77.80627° or 77° 48′ 23″ east
Open location code
7J3VRR34+9G
Open­Street­Map ID
way 456753358
Open­Street­Map feature
waterway=­dam
Wiki­data ID
Q14772349
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Satellite Map

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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”
  • Swahili: “Mettur hydro power station”
  • Tamil: “மேட்டூர் அணை”
  • Ukrainian: “ГЕС Меттур”
  • Yue Chinese: “梅圖爾大壩”

Places with the Same Name

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Fountain and Mettur Dam Park.

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