Lake Maraboon
The Fairbairn Dam is an earth-filled embankment dam across the Nogoa River, located southwest of Emerald in Central Queensland, Australia. Constructed in 1972 for the primary purpose of irrigation, the impoundment created by the dam serves as one of the major potable water supplies for the region and assists with some flood mitigation.- Lake
- …has a surface elevation of around 210 metres (690 feet)
- …is also known as “Fairbairn Dam”
- Category: body of water
- Location
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Latitude
-23.70634° or 23° 42′ 23″ south
Longitude
147.97737° or 147° 58′ 39″ east
Open location code
5R897XVG+FW
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natural = water
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water = lake
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