| Cruachan Reservoir | |
| Location: | Loch Awe, Scotland |
| Coords: | 56.4112°N -5.1112°W |
| Type: | Reservoir |
| Basin Countries: | Scotland, United Kingdom |
| Volume: | 10e6m3[1] |
| Pushpin Map: | Scotland |
| Pushpin Map Alt: | Location in Scotland |
Cruachan Reservoir is a reservoir in Scotland. It is located to the north west of Loch Awe, in a corrie beneath Ben Cruachan. It is the upper reservoir for the Cruachan Power Station pumped-storage scheme. It was the filming location for Andor Episode 6, The Eye,[2] standing in as an Imperial infrastructure project, containing a vault.
It was created in the 1960s, and is contained by a dam long.[1]
The reservoir has a catchment area of,[3] and is capable of holding seven Gigawatt hours of energy.[4] The water level in the reservoir can fluctuate by as much as a day due to the operation of the power station.[5]