Official name Altınkaya Dam Opening date 1988 Height 195 m (640 ft) Opened 1988 Construction began 1980 | Location Samsun, Turkey Impounds Kızılırmak Length 634 m (2,080 ft) Operator State Hydraulic Works Impound Kızılırmak River | |
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Similar Hasan Uğurlu Dam, Hirfanlı Dam, Kesikköprü Dam, Sarıyar Dam, Gökçekaya Dam | ||
The Altınkaya Dam is a rock-fill dam for irrigation and hydro power purposes, located on the River Kızılırmak, 23 km south of Bafra and 35 km west of Samsun in northern Turkey. It feeds Lake of Derbent.
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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 118.31 km².
Total power from the facility is 4 x 175 MW, for an installed capacity of 700 MW MW giving an annual electricity production of 1,632 GWh.
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