| Lake Dora | |
| Location: | Western Tasmania |
| Coordinates: | -41.95°N 184°W |
| Basin Countries: | Australia |
| Area: | 48ha |
| Elevation: | 756m (2,480feet) |
| Pushpin Map: | Australia Tasmania |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Tasmania |
| Reference: | [1] |
Lake Dora is a 48ha lake and also short-lived mining area of the late 1890s located in the West Coast Range of Western Tasmania, Australia. It has a surface level of .
It has two adjacent tarns just west of it, Maxfield and Michael Tarns, and numerous unnamed smaller lakes and water features.[2]
The nearest named features are Walford Peak at, approximately 1km (01miles) to the north west; and Farquhar Lookout at, located to the south west. It is north north west of Eldon Peak
Located east of the Mount Tyndall area, it was the site of a transient gold-mining rush in the late 1890s. Lake Dora is not generally accessible by road, but only via trails or by helicopter. Lake Dora lies north of Lake Spicer – into which it drains.
Charles Whitham wrote of the mining rush:[3] [4] Lake Dora, Royal Dora, Lady Dora, North Dora, and, of course Dora Reward. The Government put in a good track from Mount Read, with a telephone line (1897).
. Charles Whitham. Western Tasmania – A land of riches and beauty. Reprint 2003. Municipality of Queenstown. Queenstown. 2003.