Lago dell'Antenna

Lago dell'Antenna
Lago dell'Antenna
	The lake from provincial road nr. 40
	Lago dell'Antenna
Location	Province of Genova, Liguria
Coordinates	44°28′52.25″N8°35′49.13″E / 44.4811806°N 8.5969806°E
Type	artificial lake
Primary inflows	Orba
Primary outflows	Orba
Basin countries	Italy
Built	1922 - 1946
Surface area	0.0225 km2 (0.0087 sq mi)
Max. depth	14.3 m (47 ft)
Water volume	0.000082 km3 (2.0×10−5 cu mi)
Surface elevation	557 m (1,827 ft)

Last updated June 02, 2023

Lago dell'Antenna is an artificial lake in north-west Italy, located in the Genoa (Liguria). Concerned comunes are Urbe and Sassello.^[2]

Geography

The lake was created by blocking the Orba with a dam about two kilometres upstream of San Pietro d'Urbe, in order to produce electricity.^[3] Its name comes from Monte Antenna (821 m), a mountain which overlooks the left banks of the lake. The right banks of the reservoir are flanked by the provincial road nr. 40 Urbe - Vara - Passo del Faiallo ^[4] and from Bric del Sozzo (650 m). The lake is located on the northern border of Parco naturale regionale del Beigua, which encompasses its left shore.

History

Antenna lake was realised in 1922 in order to provide water to the hydroelectric power plant of the Cotonificio Ligure, located in San Pietro d'Orba. During the 1940s the reservoir capacity was considered insufficient and started dam extension works which ended in 1946, bringing the reservoir capacity up to around 50.000 m³. Present-day dam is a masonry arch-gravity dam; it finally inspection took place in February 1952.^[1] Nowadays the reservoir capacity is restricted by the sedimentation on the lake bed and is estimated to be around 30,000 m³.

Fishing

Lake Antenna is classified, following Province of Savona fishing map, as a B category water body (Acque di categoria B), thus mixed population water. The lake is also defined as touristic fishing reserve (riserva di pesca turistica), and is restocked with rainbow trouts when authorised by Parco del Beigua. Restocking with brown trouts is not permitted because they are not considered native fish. The lake is the subject of a yearly fauna survey.^[5] Access rules are defined by Provincia di Savona administration.^[6]

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References

1 2 3 4 5 Settore Difesa del Suolo- Servizio di Protezione Civile. Scheda tecnica sbarramento (PDF). Provincia di Savona. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-08-06. Retrieved 2016-09-24.
↑ "Limiti Amministrativi (Comunali, Provinciali, Regionali) sc. 1:25000 - ed. 2011". geoportale.regione.liguria.it. Regione Liguria. Retrieved 2016-09-24.
↑ "Rivista geografica italiana". Vol. 80. Florence: Società di studi geografici. 1973. pp. 284–286.
↑ "Strada Provinciale SP 40 - Urbe - Vara - Passo del Faiallo". www.provincia.savona.it. Provincia di Savona. Archived from the original on 2016-08-06. Retrieved 2016-05-30.
↑ "Determinazione del direttore n.28 del 4 febbraio 2015" (PDF). Ente Parco del Beigua. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-03-07. Retrieved 2016-05-30.
↑ m. pi. (2011-04-29). "La Provincia consente apertura della pesca nella diga dell'Antenna di Urbe". www.savonanews.it. Retrieved 2016-05-30.

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[rel_prov_sv-1] 1 2 3 4 5 Settore Difesa del Suolo- Servizio di Protezione Civile. Scheda tecnica sbarramento (PDF). Provincia di Savona. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-08-06. Retrieved 2016-09-24.

[lig-2] "Limiti Amministrativi (Comunali, Provinciali, Regionali) sc. 1:25000 - ed. 2011". geoportale.regione.liguria.it. Regione Liguria. Retrieved 2016-09-24.

[3] "Rivista geografica italiana". Vol. 80. Florence: Società di studi geografici. 1973. pp. 284–286.

[4] "Strada Provinciale SP 40 - Urbe - Vara - Passo del Faiallo". www.provincia.savona.it. Provincia di Savona. Archived from the original on 2016-08-06. Retrieved 2016-05-30.

[5] "Determinazione del direttore n.28 del 4 febbraio 2015" (PDF). Ente Parco del Beigua. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-03-07. Retrieved 2016-05-30.

[6] . pi. (2011-04-29). "La Provincia consente apertura della pesca nella diga dell'Antenna di Urbe". www.savonanews.it. Retrieved 2016-05-30.

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