Lake Tuggeranong

Lake Tuggeranong is a reservoir formed by the Tuggeranong Dam, an earth-fill embankment dam across the Tuggeranong Creek, in the Tuggeranong district of Canberra, within the Australian Capital Territory, Australia.

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Places of Interest

Highlights include Southern Cross Stadium and Lake Tuggeranong College.

Southern Cross Stadium

Sports venue

Photo: Bidgee, GFDL.

The Southern Cross Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Tuggeranong, Australian Capital Territory, primarily used for basketball. It has served as an alternate venue for the University of Canberra Capitals of the Women's National Basketball League and hosted the 2025 NBL1 National Finals.

Lake Tuggeranong College

School

Lake Tuggeranong College is an Australian Capital Territory public school catering to Year 11 and 12 students. It is located in Tuggeranong, Canberra, close to Tuggeranong Town Centre and on the shores of Lake Tuggeranong in Greenway.

South.Point Tuggeranong

Commercial area

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South.Point Tuggeranong is a two-storey regional shopping centre located in Greenway, Australian Capital Territory, servicing the district of Tuggeranong.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tuggeranong and Country ACT and Chifley.

Tuggeranong and Country ACT

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Country ACT is a large rural area surrounding the urban areas of Canberra in all directions by the north, where the kookaburra's head hits the New South Wales border.

Chifley

Suburb

Chifley is a suburb of Canberra, Australia, in the district of Woden Valley. The suburb's area is 1.6 square kilometres. It was named after Joseph Benedict Chifley, Prime Minister of Australia from July 1945 to December 1949. Chifley is situated 6 km north of Lake Tuggeranong.

Weston Creek, Molonglo Valley and Woden

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Weston Creek, Molonglo Valley and Woden are three districts of Canberra just west and southwest of Acton and South Canberra. They are just on the edge of Country ACT home to the National Arboretum, some of the most impressive greenery one could find in Canberra.

Lake Tuggeranong

Type: Lake
Description: artificial lake located in the Tuggeranong district of Canberra, within the Australian Capital Territory
Categories: reservoir and body of water
Location: Australian Capital Territory, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude

-35.40797° or 35° 24′ 29″ south

Longitude

149.06703° or 149° 4′ 1″ east

Elevation

567 metres (1,860 feet)

Open location code

4RPFH3R8+RR

GeoNames ID

8212721

Wikidata ID

Q137788

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Welsh—“Lake Tuggeranong” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Lake Tuggeranong”
Chinese: “圖格拉農湖”
Dutch: “Lake Tuggeranong”
French: “Lake Tuggeranong”
German: “Lake Tuggeranong”
Italian: “lago Tuggeranong”
Russian: “Таггеранонг”
Swedish: “Lake Tuggeranong”
Welsh: “Llyn Tuggeranong”

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