Edgar Dam
The Edgar Dam is an earth-fill embankment saddle dam, located offstream in the South West region of Tasmania, Australia. Completed in 1973 as part of the Gordon River Power Development Scheme, the resultant reservoir, Lake Pedder, formed with the…Places of Interest Nearby
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Scotts Peak Dam
Dam
The Scotts Peak Dam is a rock-filled embankment dam across the Huon River, in the South West region of Tasmania, Australia. Completed in 1973 as part of the Gordon River Power Development Scheme, the resultant reservoir, Lake Pedder, formed with the Edgar Dam… 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 Arabic to Swedish—“Edgar Dam” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “سد إدغار”
- Cebuano: “Edgar Dam (alihan sa tubig sa Awstralya)”
- Cebuano: “Edgar Dam”
- Swedish: “Edgar Dam (dammbyggnad i Australien)”
- Swedish: “Edgar Dam”
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