Corin Dam

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{{Infobox dam

| name = Corin Dam

| name_official =

| image = Corin Dam aerial W.jpg

| image_size = 250px

| image_caption = Corin Reservoir, 2009

| image_alt =

| location_map = Australian Capital Territory

| location_map_size =

| location_map_caption = Location of the Corin Dam in the ACT

| coordinates = {{coord|35.56541|S|148.83108|E|type:landmark_region:AU-ACT|display=inline,title}}

| country = Australia

| location = Australian Capital Territory

| purpose = Potable water supply

| status = O

| construction_began =

| opening = {{start date|1968|df=y}}

| demolished =

| cost =

| owner = Icon Water

| dam_type = E

| dam_height = {{convert|74|m|abbr=on}}

| dam_height_thalweg =

| dam_height_foundation =

| dam_length = {{convert|282|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}

| dam_width_crest =

| dam_width_base =

| dam_volume = {{convert|1394|e3m3|0|abbr=on}}

| dam_elevation_crest =

| dam_crosses = Cotter River

| spillway_count = 1

| spillway_type = Uncontrolled side channel

| spillway_capacity = {{convert|1190|m3/s|abbr=on}}

| res_name = Corin Reservoir

| res_capacity_total = {{convert|75500|ML|impgal USgal|abbr=on}}

| res_capacity_active = {{convert|70800|ML|impgal USgal|abbr=on}}

| res_capacity_inactive =

| res_catchment = {{convert|197|km2|mi2|abbr=on}}

| res_surface = {{convert|315|ha|acre|abbr=on}}

| res_elevation = {{convert|956|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}

| res_max_depth =

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| website = [https://www.iconwater.com.au/corindam www.iconwater.com.au/corin]}}

The Corin Dam is an earth and rockfill embankment dam with an uncontrolled side channel spillway across the Cotter River, located within Namadgi National Park in the Australian Capital Territory, Australia. The impounded reservoir is called the Corin Reservoir which is a supply source of potable water for the city of Canberra and its environs. It is named after William Corin,{{cite book|last1=Entry for William Corin in Pike|first1=Douglas|title=Australian dictionary of biography volumes 1–12, 1788–1939.|date=1996|publisher=Melbourne University Press|location=Carlton, Vic.|isbn=0522846548|pages=(Vol 8) 115–6}} a pioneer in hydroelectric development in Australia.