Scotts Peak Dam

Scotts Peak Dam
Location SW Tasmania, Australia
Coordinates 43°01′52″S 146°17′46″E / 43.03111°S 146.29611°ECoordinates: 43°01′52″S 146°17′46″E / 43.03111°S 146.29611°E
Opening date 1973
Owner(s) Hydro Tasmania
Dam and spillways
Type of dam Rockfill dam
Impounds Huon River
Height 43 m (141 ft)
Length 1,067 m (3,501 ft)
Reservoir
Creates Lake Pedder
Total 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 and 1,067 m (3,501 ft) long, spanning across the upper reaches of the Huon River.[1][2]

This non-hydroelectric dam helps retain water in the new impoundment, which then flows to Lake Gordon via the McPartlans Pass Canal at 42°50′51″S 146°11′45″E / 42.84750°S 146.19583°E. It was promoted along with twenty-four other dams as Heritage Dams by Engineers Australia in 2001.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Scotts Peak Dam".
  2. ↑ Reid, Vern (1976). "Sealing Scott's Peak Dam". Tasmanian Year Book (B&W photo) (10) (Tasmania: Australian Bureau of Statistics). p. 249. ISSN 0082-2116. Missing or empty |title= (help)