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Altınkaya Dam

Dam in Samsun Province, Turkey
Altınkaya Dam
Altınkaya Dam
Location of Altınkaya Dam in Turkey
Official nameAltınkaya Dam
LocationSamsun Province, Turkey
Coordinates41°21′49.08′′N 35°43′28.43′′E / 41.3636333°N 35.7245639°E / 41.3636333; 35.7245639
Construction began1980
Opening date1988
Operator(s)State Hydraulic Works (DSİ)
Dam and spillways
ImpoundsKızılırmak
Height195 m (640 ft)
Length634 m (2,080 ft)
Reservoir
CreatesLake Altınkaya Dam
Altınkaya Dam

Altınkaya Dam is a rock-fill dam for irrigation and hydro power, on the River Kızılırmak, 23 km south of Bafra and 35 km west of Samsun in northern Turkey. It feeds Lake Derbent.

Having a dam volume of 15,920,000 m3, Altınkaya Dam was completed in 1988. It has a storage volume of 5,763 billion m3 in a reservoir area at normal water surface elevation of 118 km2.

Total power from the facility is 4 x 175 MW, for an installed capacity of 700 MW giving an annual electricity production of 1,630 GWh.[1]

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Notes

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  1. ^ Devlet Su İşleri Genel Müdürlüğü Archived 2013年08月21日 at the Wayback Machine (in Turkish)

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