Altınkaya Dam

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dam_name= Altınkaya Dam


caption= Altınkaya Dam
official_name= Altınkaya Dam
crosses= Kızılırmak
reservoir= Lake Altınkaya Dam
locale= Samsun, Turkey
maint= State Hydraulic Works (DSİ)
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height= convert|195|m|ft|abbr=on
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began= 1980
open= 1988
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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.

Having a dam volume of 15,920,000 m³, Altınkaya Dam was completed in 1986. 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 4x175=700 MW giving an annual electricity production of 1,632 GWh. [ [http://www.dsi.gov.tr/baraj/detay.cfm?BarajID=112 Devlet Su İşleri Genel Müdürlüğü] tr]

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