Round Butte Dam

Round Butte Dam is a rockfill-type hydroelectric dam on the Deschutes River, in the U.S. state of . Located in and owned by the power company Portland General Electric, its reservoir is called .
Wikipedia
  • Type: Power station
  • Description: dam in Jefferson County, Oregon, USA
  • Also known as: “Round Butte Power Plant”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Metolius.

Village
Photo: Tedder, CC BY 3.0.
is a city in , , United States, named for the , a nearby tributary of the Deschutes River. The name for both comes from the Warm Springs or Sahaptin word mitula, meaning white salmon and referring to a light colored Chinook salmon and not a whitefish. is situated 5 miles east of Round Butte Dam.

Round Butte Dam

Latitude
44.60579° or 44° 36′ 21″ north
Longitude
-121.27722° or 121° 16′ 38″ west
Inception
August 1964
Operator
Portland General Electric Co
Open location code
84PWJP4F+84
Open­Street­Map ID
way 774545006
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q11998514
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Round Butte Dam” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Round Butte Dam”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Round Butte-demningen”
  • Norwegian: “Round Butte-demningen”
  • Ukrainian: “ГЕС Раунд-Б’ют”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Fish passage and Dam Observatory.

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