Scotts Peak Dam

Scotts Peak Dam
Location	SW Tasmania, Australia
Coordinates
Opening date	1973
Owner(s)	Hydro Tasmania
Dam and spillways
Type of dam	Rockfill dam
Height	43 m (141 ft)
Length	1,067 m (3,501 ft)
Impounds	Huon River
Reservoir
Creates	Lake Pedder
Capacity	2.9 km³ (0.7 cu mi)
Surface area	242 km² (93 sq mi)
Max. water depth	43 m (141 ft)

The Scotts Peak Dam was one of the three component dams in the flooding of the original Lake Pedder in South West Tasmania, Australia. Completed in 1973, the dam is 43 m (141 ft) high, 1,067 m (3,501 ft) long, spanning across the upper reaches of the Huon River.^[1]

This non-hydroelectric dam helps retain water in the new impoundment, which then flows to Lake Gordon via the McPartlans Pass Canal at . It was promoted along with twenty-four other dams as Heritage Dams by Engineers Australia in 2001.^[1]

Notes

Reid, Vern (1976) Sealing Scott's Peak Dam B&W photo p249 of the Tasmanian Year Book No.10 1976. Australian Bureau of Statistics Tasmanian Office ISSN 0082-2116

References

^ ^a ^b Scotts Peak Dam

Gordon Power Development

Hydroelectric	Gordon Dam · Franklin Dam (cancelled)

Non-hydroelectric	Edgar Dam · Serpentine Dam · Scotts Peak Dam