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Dartmouth Dam
Dartmouth Dam wall, pictured in April 2003
Dartmouth Dam is located in Victoria
Dartmouth Dam
Location of the Dartmouth Dam in Victoria
CountryAustralia
LocationVictoria
Coordinates36°33′29″S 147°31′25″E / 36.55806°S 147.52361°E / -36.55806; 147.52361
StatusOperational
Construction began1973
Opening date1979
Construction costA$139 million
Owner(s)Murray Darling Basin Authority
Operator(s)Goulburn–Murray Water
Dam and spillways
Type of damEmbankment dam
Impounds
  • Mitta Mitta River
  • Gibbo River
  • Dart River
  • Morass Creek and others
Height (thalweg)180 m (591 ft)
Length92 m (302 ft)
Elevation at crest486 m (1,594 ft) AHD 
Width (crest)670 m (2,198 ft)
Width (base)700 m (2,297 ft)
Dam volume14.1 million m3 (498 million cu ft)
Spillway typeUncontrolled chute
Spillway capacity2,750 m3/s (97,115 cu ft/s)
Reservoir
CreatesDartmouth Reservoir
Total capacity3,856 GL (848 billion imp gal; 1 trillion US gal)
Inactive capacity71 GL (16 billion imp gal; 19 billion US gal)
Catchment area3,600 km2 (1,390 sq mi)
Surface area6,300 ha (15,568 acres)
Dartmouth Power Station
Operator(s)AGL Energy
Commission dateJanuary 1981
TypeFrancis-type
Turbines1 × 180 MW (241,384 hp)
Installed capacity150 MW (201,153 hp)
Annual generation310 GWh (1,116 TJ)
Website
Dartmouth Dam at the Murray–Darling Basin Authority

Dartmouth Dam is a large rock-fill embankment dam with an uncontrolled chute spillway across the Mitta Mitta, Gibbo and Dart rivers, the Morass Creek and a number of small tributaries. The dam is located near Mount Bogong in the north-east of the Australian state of Victoria. The dam's purpose includes irrigation, the generation of hydro-electric power, water supply and conservation. The impounded reservoir is called Dartmouth Reservoir, sometimes called Lake Dartmouth. The Dartmouth Power Station, a hydro-electric power station that generates power to the national grid, is located near the dam wall.

A smaller pond, called the Dartmouth Dam Regulating Pond or Banimboola Pondage, approximately 9 kilometres (6 mi) downstream of the main dam, also across the Mitta Mitta River, is located adjacent the Banimboola Hydroelectric Power Station and forms part of the Dartmouth Dam complex of facilities.

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