Papanasam Dam
The Papanasam dam also known as Karaiyar Dam is located 49 kilometres away from Tirunelveli in Tamil Nadu, India. The dam is used to irrigate 86,107 acres of paddy fields in Tirunelveli and Tuticorin districts.
- Type: Dam
- Description: dam in India
- Also known as: “Karaiyar Dam”
Papanasam Dam
- Location: Ambasamudram, Tirunelveli, Pandya Nadu, Tamil Nadu, Southern India, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
8.65066° or 8° 39′ 2″ north
Longitude
77.31145° or 77° 18′ 41″ east
Open location code
6JWVM826+7H
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=dam
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
Discover Papanasam Dam from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Italian to Tamil—“Papanasam Dam” goes by many names.
- Italian: “diga di Papanasam”
- Malayalam: “പാപനാശം അണക്കെട്ട്”
- Swahili: “Bwawa la Papanasam”
- Tamil: “பாபநாசம் அணை”
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