Cethana Dam
Cethana Dam is a dam in Kentish Council, Tasmania. Cethana Dam is situated nearby to the power station Wilmot Dam.Places of Interest Nearby
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Cethana Dam
Power station
Photo: Stephen Edmonds, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Cethana Dam is a concrete-faced rockfill embankment dam across the Forth River, located near Sheffield in northern Tasmania, Australia. Completed in 1971, the resultant reservoir, Lake Cethana, was established for the purpose of generating hydro-electric power via the Cethana Power Station, a run-of-the-river hydroelectric power station.
Wilmot Dam
Power station
The Wilmot Dam is a concrete-faced rock-fill embankment dam across the Wilmot River, located near Wilmot, in northern Tasmania, Australia. Completed in 1970, the resultant reservoir, Lake Gairdner, was established for the purpose of generation of hydroelectricity via the adjacent Wilmot Power Station, a run-of-the-river hydroelectric power station. Wilmot Dam is situated 760 metres west of Cethana Dam.
Cethana Dam
- Type: Dam
- Description: dam in Tasmania, Australia
- Location: Kentish Council, Tasmania, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude
-41.48086° or 41° 28′ 51″ southLongitude
146.13356° or 146° 8′ 1″ eastElevation
367 metres (1,204 feet)Open location code
4RC8G49M+MCOpenStreetMap ID
way 110174996OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=dam
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Cethana Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Cethana Dam”
- Italian: “diga di Cethana”
- Swedish: “Cethana Dam”
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