El Chocón Dam
The El Chocón Dam is one of the most iconic engineering works in Patagonia and the Argentine Republic. Located on the Limay River, in the northwestern region of Patagonia known as Comahue, it is 381 meters above sea level and approximately 80 kilometers upstream from the confluence of the Limay and Neuquén Rivers.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Aibdescalzo, Public domain.
- Type: Power station
- Description: dam
- Also known as: “Central Hidroeléctrica El Chocón”, “El Chocón”, and “El Chocon Dam”
- Address: Represa El Chocón, Villa El Chocón, Q8311
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ernesto Bachmann Paleontological Museum.
Ernesto Bachmann Paleontological Museum
Museum
Photo: Horacio Fernandez, CC BY 3.0.
The Ernesto Bachmann Paleontological Museum in Villa El Chocón, Neuquén Province, Argentina, is a municipal museum dedicated to the paleontology, archaeology and history of Villa El Chocón and its surroundings. Ernesto Bachmann Paleontological Museum is situated 2½ km west of El Chocón Dam.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Villa El Chocón and El Chocón.
Villa El Chocón
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Villa El Chocón is a small town in Neuquén province in Argentina. It is located on the shores of the Ramos Mexia reservoir and has about 4,000 inhabitants.
El Chocón
Village
Villa El Chocón Cerros Colorados is a village and municipality in Neuquén Province in southwestern Argentina. The village was initially created to house the workmen building the Ezequiel Ramos Mexía dam on the Limay River. El Chocón is situated 6 km west of El Chocón Dam.
El Chocón Dam
- Categories: dam, hydroelectric power station, industry, and building
- Location: Confluencia Department, Neuquén Province, Argentina, South America
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Latitude
-39.26592° or 39° 15′ 57″ southLongitude
-68.756° or 68° 45′ 22″ westInception
December 22nd, 1972Height
8 metres (26 feet)Operator
ENEL Generación El Chocón S.A.Open location code
47GHP6MV+JJOpenStreetMap ID
way 817721083OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
landuse=industrialWikidata ID
Q1287364
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In Other Languages
From Bashkir to Ukrainian—“El Chocón Dam” goes by many names.
- Bashkir: “Эль-Чокон”
- Catalan: “Presa El Chocón”
- Cebuano: “El Chocón”
- Chinese: “El Chocón 水壩”
- Chinese: “Ezequiel Ramos Mexía水库”
- Dutch: “El Chocón Dam”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سد ايل تشيكون”
- Esperanto: “Akvorezervejo El Chocón”
- French: “barrage d’El Chocón”
- French: “Barrage d’El Chocón”
- German: “El Chocón”
- Italian: “diga di El Chocón”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “El Chocón-demningen”
- Norwegian: “El Chocón-demningen”
- Persian: “سد ال چوکون”
- Russian: “Эль-Чокон”
- Spanish: “Represa El Chocon”
- Spanish: “Represa El Chocón”
- Swedish: “El Chocón”
- Ukrainian: “Ель-Чокон”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include ENEL El Chocón and Central Hidroeléctrica El Chocón.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “El Chocón Dam”. Photo: Aibdescalzo, Public domain.