🌊 Lake Julius

Australia · Oceania · 253 m · 20.13°S, 139.72°E

The Julius Dam is a multiple-arch concrete-buttress dam across the Leichhardt River and Paroo Creek, 70 kilometres (43 mi) north-east of Mount Isa, in north-west Queensland, Australia. Completed in 1976, the impounded reservoir, Lake Julius, supplies water for irrigation and potable town water for Mount Isa and Cloncurry. The dam was named in honour of former Mount Isa Mines chairman and director Julius Kruttschnitt, who was instrumental in helping establish the mining industry in the region.

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Quick facts

Country	Australia
Continent / region	Oceania
Surface elevation	253 m above sea level
Coordinates (approx.)	20.13°S, 139.72°E · view on map

Lake Julius sits at 253 m in Australia, in Oceania. The full story of this lake is described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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