Paloona Dam

The Paloona Dam is a concrete-faced rock-fill embankment dam across the Forth River, located in northern , Australia. Completed in 1971, the resultant , Lake Paloona, was established for the purpose of generation of hydroelectricity via the adjacent Paloona Power Station, a run-of-the-river hydroelectric power station.
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  • Type: Power station
  • Description: dam in Northern Tasmania
  • Also known as: “Paloona Power Station”

Paloona Dam

Latitude
-41.28271° or 41° 16′ 58″ south
Longitude
146.24901° or 146° 14′ 56″ east
Operator
Hydro Tasmania
Open location code
4RC8P68X+WJ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 174434679
Wiki­data ID
Q7128643
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In Other Languages

“Paloona Dam” goes by many names.
  • Japanese: “パルーナ発電所”

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