Infiernillo Dam
The Infiernillo Dam, also known as Adolfo López Mateos Dam, is an embankment dam on the Balsas River near La Unión, Guerrero, Mexico. It is on the border between the states of Guerrero and Michoacán.- Type: Dam
- Description: dam in Mexico
- Also known as: “Adolfo Lopez Mateos Dam” and “Adolfo López Mateos Dam”
- Inscription: “C.F.E”
Infiernillo Dam
- Categories: embankment dam and hydroelectric power station
- Location: Michoacan, Pacific Coast, Mexico, North America
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Latitude
18.27353° or 18° 16′ 25″ northLongitude
-101.89295° or 101° 53′ 35″ westHeight
149 metres (489 feet)Open location code
75CW74F4+CROpenStreetMap ID
way 861156325OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=damWikidata ID
Q655813
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Ukrainian—“Infiernillo Dam” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “因菲耶尼約水壩”
- French: “barrage Adolfo López Mateos”
- French: “barrage d’Infernillo”
- French: “Barrage d’Infiernillo”
- German: “El Infiernillo”
- Lithuanian: “Inferniljo užtvanka”
- Lithuanian: “Infierniljo tvenkinys”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “El Infiernillo-demningen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “El Infiernillo”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Infiernillo-demningen”
- Norwegian: “El Infiernillo-demningen”
- Persian: “سد اینفیرنیلو”
- Russian: “Инфьернильо”
- Spanish: “Presa de El Infiernillo”
- Spanish: “Presa El Infiernillo”
- Spanish: “Presa Infiernillo”
- Ukrainian: “Гребля Ель-Інфирнільо”
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