Crotty Dam

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The Crotty Dam, also known during construction as the King Dam, or the King River Dam on initial approval, is a rockfill embankment dam with a controlled and uncontrolled spillway across the King River, between Mount Jukes and Mount Huxley, located in Western Tasmania, Australia. ()

Opened: 1991 (33 years ago)Length: 804 ftHeight: 272 ftCoordinates: 42°9'35"S, 145°37'1"E

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Crotty Dam – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Lake Burbury, Mount Huxley, Mount Jukes, Mount Owen.

3.3 miNE
Nature, Lake
Lake Burbury
86 min walk • Lake Burbury is a man-made water reservoir created by the Crotty Dam inundating the upper King River valley that lies east of the West Coast Range.
1.8 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Huxley
47 min walk • Mount Huxley is a mountain located on the West Coast Range in the West Coast region of Tasmania, Australia. With an elevation of 926 metres above sea level, the mountain was named by Charles Gould in 1863 in honour of Professor Thomas Henry Huxley.
2 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Jukes
52 min walk • Mount Jukes is a mountain located on the Jukes Range, a spur off the West Coast Range, in the West Coast region of Tasmania, Australia.
4.9 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Owen
125 min walk • Mount Owen is a mountain directly east of the town of Queenstown on the West Coast Range in Western Tasmania, Australia. With an elevation of 1,146 metres above sea level, like most of the mountains in the West Coast Range, it was named by the geologist Charles Gould after Richard Owen.
3.5 miS
Dam
Darwin Dam
89 min walk • The Darwin Dam is an offstream earthfill embankment saddle dam without a spillway, located in Western Tasmania, Australia. The impounded reservoir, also formed by Crotty Dam, is called Lake Burbury.
6.3 miNW
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Queenstown Post Office, Queenstown
161 min walk • Queenstown Post Office is a heritage-listed post office at 32-34 Orr Street, Queenstown, Tasmania, Australia. It was designed by the Tasmanian government's Public Works Office and built in 1902, with the tower added in 1909. It was added to the Australian Commonwealth Heritage List on 22 June 2004.