Miranda Dam

Miranda Dam is a concrete buttress dam on the , where the river forms the national border line between and . It is located in the municipality , in , Portugal.
Wikipedia
Photo: Cadoalla, CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • Type: Dam
  • Description: dam in the river Douro, Miranda do Douro, Portugal
  • Also known as: “Aproveitamento Hidroeléctrico de Miranda”, “Aproveitamento Hidroelétrico de Miranda”, “Central Hidroeléctrica de Miranda”, “Central Hidroelétrica de Miranda”, “Empreendimento Hidroeléctrico do Douro Internacional / Miranda”, “Empreendimento Hidroelétrico do Douro Internacional / Miranda”, “Miranda I Hydro Power Plant”, “Miranda I vannkraftverk”, “Miranda II Hydro Power Plant”, “Miranda II vannkraftverk”, “Miranda-Duero-demningen”, “Represa de Miranda”, “Salto de Miranda”, and “ГЭС Миранда”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Cathedral of Miranda do Douro and Museu da Terra de Miranda.

Church
Photo: BrunoRino, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a Roman Catholic cathedral in , . It is the co-cathedral of the Diocese of Bragança-Miranda, which has its see in the Cathedral of Braganza. is situated 1 km northwest of Miranda Dam.

Museum
Photo: Pedro, CC BY 2.0.
is a museum, which is situated 1 km west of Miranda Dam.

Photo: Carlos Cunha, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is situated 1 km west of Miranda Dam.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Miranda do Douro and Badilla.

Photo: Vitor Oliveira, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a town of 7,500 people in the region and in the Terras de Miranda of northeastern . Miranda is a small, but an important historic city on the banks of the Douro river.

Hamlet
Photo: David Perez, CC BY 3.0.
is a hamlet, which is situated 4½ km south of Miranda Dam.

Hamlet
Photo: David Perez, CC BY 3.0.
is a hamlet, which is situated 5 km south of Miranda Dam.

Miranda Dam

Latitude
41.4897° or 41° 29′ 23″ north
Longitude
-6.26347° or 6° 15′ 49″ west
Elevation
535 metres (1,755 feet)
Inception
1961
Height
80 metres (262 feet)
Operator
Movhera
Open location code
8CHMFPQP+VJ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 71588050
Open­Street­Map feature
waterway=­dam
Wiki­data ID
Q3375894
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Ukrainian—“Miranda Dam” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Presa de Miranda”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “سد ميراندا”
  • French: “barrage de Miranda”
  • French: “Barrage de Miranda”
  • Galician: “Encoro de Miranda”
  • German: “Talsperre Miranda”
  • Italian: “diga di Miranda”
  • Mirandese: “Barraige de Miranda”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Miranda Douro-demningen”
  • Norwegian: “Miranda Douro-demningen”
  • Persian: “سد میراندا”
  • Portuguese: “Barragem de Miranda do Douro”
  • Portuguese: “Barragem de Miranda”
  • Spanish: “Presa de Miranda”
  • Ukrainian: “Мірандська гідроелектростанція”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Miradouro do Centro de Interpretação Turistico e Ambiental and Central Hidroelétrica de Miranda II.

Nearby Places

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