Lake Pedder

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Lake Pedder is a large, remote glacial lake in Tasmania, Australia, renowned for its dramatic wilderness setting and controversial flooding for hydroelectric development.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Lake Pedder canonical 6
Lake Pedder Restoration Committee 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf glacial lake
lake
associatedWithMovement Lake Pedder restoration campaign
associatedWithOrganization Lake Pedder self-linksurface differs
surface form: Lake Pedder Restoration Committee

Tasmanian environmental movement
basinCountry Australia
country Australia
createdByDam Edgar Dam NERFINISHED
Scotts Peak Dam NERFINISHED
Serpentine Dam NERFINISHED
hasConservationStatus within World Heritage listed area
hasEnvironmentalIssue controversy over wilderness flooding
loss of original lake and beach
hasFeature remote location
surrounding mountain ranges
wilderness landscape
hasRecreation bushwalking
fishing
kayaking
historicalSignificance catalyst for modern Australian environmental movement
inflow Huon River NERFINISHED
Scotts Peak tributaries
Serpentine River NERFINISHED
knownFor controversial flooding for hydroelectric development
dramatic wilderness scenery
locatedIn South West Tasmania
Tasmania
locatedInBiome temperate wilderness
locatedInMountainRange Du Cane Range
surface form: Franklin-Gordon mountain region
locatedInProtectedArea Southwest National Park
locatedInRegion Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area
surface form: Tasmanian South West Wilderness
locatedInState Tasmania
surface form: State of Tasmania
locatedOnContinent Australia
modifiedBy dam construction
hydroelectric scheme
near Lake Gordon
Strathgordon
operator Hydro Tasmania
surface form: Hydro-Electric Commission of Tasmania
originalForm natural glacial lake
outflow Gordon River NERFINISHED
partOf Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area
partOfSystem Gordon–Pedder hydroelectric scheme
purpose hydroelectric power generation
water storage
waterBodyType artificial lake
impounded lake
reservoir

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Referenced by (7)

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Southwest National Park hasLake Lake Pedder
Frankland Range overlooks Lake Pedder
Frankland Range separates Lake Pedder
Frankland Range hasNearbyWaterBody Lake Pedder
Lake Gordon connectedTo Lake Pedder
Strathgordon nearbyLake Lake Pedder
Lake Pedder associatedWithOrganization Lake Pedder self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Lake Pedder Restoration Committee