Miranda Dam
Miranda Dam is a concrete buttress dam on the Douro, where the river forms the national border line between Spain and Portugal. It is located in the municipality Miranda do Douro, in Bragança District, Portugal.Photo: Cadoalla, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Dam
- Description: dam in the river Douro, Miranda do Douro, Portugal
- Also known as: “Miranda I Hydro Power Plant” and “Miranda II Hydro Power Plant”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Museu da Terra de Miranda and Cathedral of Miranda do Douro.
Museu da Terra de Miranda
Museum
Museu da Terra de Miranda is a museum, which is situated 1 km west of Miranda Dam.
Cathedral of Miranda do Douro
Church
Photo: BrunoRino, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Cathedral of Miranda do Douro is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Miranda do Douro, Portugal. It is the co-cathedral of the Diocese of Bragança-Miranda, which has its see in the Cathedral of Braganza. Cathedral of Miranda do Douro is situated 1 km northwest of Miranda Dam.
Paço Episcopal de Miranda do Douro
Photo: Carlos Cunha, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Paço Episcopal de Miranda do Douro is situated 1 km west of Miranda Dam.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Miranda do Douro and Badilla.
Miranda do Douro
Photo: Vitor Oliveira, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Miranda do Douro is a town of 7,500 people in the Trás-os-Montes region and in the Terras de Miranda of northeastern Portugal. Miranda is a small, but an important historic city on the banks of the Douro river.
Badilla
Hamlet
Photo: David Perez, CC BY 3.0.
Badilla is a hamlet, which is situated 4½ km south of Miranda Dam.
Cozcurrita
Hamlet
Photo: David Perez, CC BY 3.0.
Cozcurrita is a hamlet, which is situated 5 km south of Miranda Dam.
Miranda Dam
- Category: hydroelectric power station
- Location: Torregamones, Zamora, Castile and León, Central Spain, Spain, Iberia, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.4897° or 41° 29′ 23″ northLongitude
-6.26347° or 6° 15′ 49″ westElevation
535 metres (1,755 feet)Inception
1961Height
80 metres (262 feet)Operator
MovheraOpen location code
8CHMFPQP+VJOpenStreetMap ID
way 71588050OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=damWikidata 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 Bokmål: “Miranda I vannkraftverk”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Miranda II vannkraftverk”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Miranda-Duero-demningen”
- Norwegian: “Miranda Douro-demningen”
- Persian: “سد میراندا”
- Portuguese: “Aproveitamento Hidroeléctrico de Miranda”
- Portuguese: “Aproveitamento Hidroelétrico de Miranda”
- Portuguese: “Barragem de Miranda do Douro”
- Portuguese: “Barragem de Miranda”
- Portuguese: “Central Hidroeléctrica de Miranda”
- Portuguese: “Central Hidroelétrica de Miranda”
- Portuguese: “Empreendimento Hidroeléctrico do Douro Internacional / Miranda”
- Portuguese: “Empreendimento Hidroelétrico do Douro Internacional / Miranda”
- Russian: “ГЭС Миранда”
- Spanish: “Central Hidroeléctrica de Miranda”
- Spanish: “Presa de Miranda”
- Spanish: “Represa de Miranda”
- Spanish: “Salto 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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