Zernek Dam | |
Name Official: | Zernek Baraji |
Location Map: | Turkey |
Coordinates: | 38.3553°N 43.6567°W |
Country: | Turkey |
Status: | O |
Construction Began: | 1980 |
Opening: | 1988 |
Owner: | Turkish State Hydraulic Works |
Dam Type: | Embankment, rock-fill with clay core |
Dam Crosses: | Hoşap River |
Plant Capacity: | 5 MW |
Zernek Dam is a rock-fill embankment dam on the Hoşap River, located near the village Zernek, southeast of Van in Van Province, Turkey. It was built between 1980 and 1988 and has an installed capacity of 5 MW.[1]