Happy Valley Dam
The Happy Valley Dam is an off-stream earth-filled embankment dam, located in Happy Valley, a southern suburb of Adelaide, in South Australia. Constructed in 1897, the resultant reservoir, the Happy Valley Reservoir was built to supply potable water to Adelaide when the total population of city was 315,200.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Reservoir
- Description: lake in Australia
- Also known as: “Happy Valley Reservoir”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Aberfoyle Park High School and Reynella East College.
Aberfoyle Park High School
School
Aberfoyle Park High School is a large public secondary schools in the southern suburbs of Adelaide, the capital of South Australia. Its facilities include the community library, performing arts centre, gymnasium, and information and communication technology facilities.
Reynella East College
School
Reynella East College is a public school located in the southern Adelaide suburb of Reynella East, South Australia. It was opened in 2011 after the formal closure of Reynella East Primary School and Reynella East High School.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Reynella East and Aberfoyle Park.
Reynella East
Suburb
Reynella East is a metropolitan suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. It lies within the City of Onkaparinga and has postcode 5161. It is one of the smallest suburbs in South Australia.
Aberfoyle Park
Suburb
Photo: YellowMonkey, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Aberfoyle Park is a suburb in the City of Onkaparinga in the state of South Australia. It is located in the southern suburbs of Adelaide, approximately 20 km from the city centre.
Woodcroft
Suburb
Woodcroft is a metropolitan suburb of Adelaide, South Australia, located 20 km south of the Central Business District of Adelaide. It is bordered to the north by Reynell Road, to the south by Bains Road, to the west by Panalatinga Road and by the Hills Face Zone to the east.
Happy Valley Dam
- Category: body of water
- Location: South Australia, Australia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-35.07183° or 35° 4′ 19″ southLongitude
138.57242° or 138° 34′ 21″ eastElevation
147 metres (482 feet)Open location code
4QPWWHHC+7XOpenStreetMap ID
way 28842581OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=reservoirGeoNames ID
2070105Wikidata ID
Q5653139
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Satellite Map
Discover Happy Valley Dam from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Happy Valley Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Happy Valley Reservoir (tubiganan sa Awstralya)”
- Cebuano: “Happy Valley Reservoir”
- Chinese: “快活谷水塘”
- French: “Happy Valley Reservoir”
- Swedish: “Happy Valley Reservoir (reservoar i Australien)”
- Swedish: “Happy Valley Reservoir”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Happy Valley and O’Halloran Hill.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Happy Valley Reservoir and Happy Valley Baptist Church.
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