Guanyinyan Dam
The Guanyinyan Dam is a gravity dam on the Jinsha River 30 km southwest of Panzhihua on the border of Yunnan and Sichuan Provinces in China. The purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power generation and flood control.
Guanyinyan Dam
- Type: Power station
- Description: dam
- Categories: dam, hydroelectric power station, building, and industry
- Location: Sichuan, Southwest China, China, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
26.52093° or 26° 31′ 15″ north
Longitude
101.43729° or 101° 26′ 14″ east
Open location code
7PR3GCCP+9W
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OpenStreetMap feature
building=yes
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Ukrainian—“Guanyinyan Dam” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “观音岩水电站”
- French: “barrage de Guanyinyan”
- French: “Barrage de Guanyinyan”
- German: “Guanyinyan-Talsperre”
- Italian: “diga di Guanyinyan”
- Japanese: “観音岩ダム”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Guanyinyan-demningen”
- Norwegian: “Guanyinyan-demningen”
- Persian: “سد گوانینیان”
- Ukrainian: “ГЕС Гван’їнянь”
- Ukrainian: “ГЕС Гуаньїньянь”
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Highlights: Sichuan Tangbahe and 庄上金沙江特大桥.
Nearby Places
Places to explore: Guanyinyan Dam and Sichuan Tangbahe.
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