Edgar Dam
The Edgar Dam is an earthfill embankment saddle dam without a spillway, located offstream in the South West region of Tasmania, Australia. The impounded reservoir, also formed with the Scotts Peak Dam and the Serpentine Dam, is called Lake Pedder which flooded Lake Edgar, a naturally forming fault scarp pond.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Scotts Peak Dam
Dam
The Scotts Peak Dam is a rockfill embankment dam without a spillway across the Huon River, located in the South West region of Tasmania, Australia. The impounded reservoir, also formed with the Edgar Dam and the Serpentine Dam, is called Lake Pedder which flooded Lake Edgar, a naturally forming fault scarp pond. Scotts Peak Dam is situated 4 km west of Edgar Dam.
Edgar Dam
- Type: Dam
- Description: dam in South West Tasmania
- Category: embankment dam
- Location: Derwent Valley, Southern Tasmania, Tasmania, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude
-43.02917° or 43° 1′ 45″ southLongitude
146.34728° or 146° 20′ 50″ eastElevation
334 metres (1,096 feet)Height
17 metres (56 feet)Open location code
4R88X8CW+8WOpenStreetMap ID
way 44347986OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=damGeoNames ID
8187405Wikidata ID
Q5337202
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Edgar Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Edgar Dam (alihan sa tubig sa Awstralya)”
- Cebuano: “Edgar Dam”
- Swedish: “Edgar Dam (dammbyggnad i Australien)”
- Swedish: “Edgar Dam”
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