Island Bend Dam
Dam in Snowy Mountains, New South Wales / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Island Bend Dam is a major gated concrete gravity dam with a controlled spillway across the Snowy River in the Snowy Mountains region of New South Wales, Australia. The dam's main purpose is for the diversion of water for generation of hydro-power and is one of the sixteen major dams that comprise the Snowy Mountains Scheme, a vast hydroelectricity and irrigation complex constructed in south-east Australia between 1949 and 1974 and now run by Snowy Hydro.
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Island Bend Dam | |
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Location of the Island Bend Dam in New South Wales | |
Country | Australia |
Location | Snowy Mountains, New South Wales |
Coordinates | 36°19′10″S 148°28′13″E |
Status | Operational |
Opening date | 1965 |
Owner(s) | Snowy Hydro |
Dam and spillways | |
Type of dam | Gravity dam |
Impounds | Snowy River |
Height | 49 metres (161 ft) |
Length | 146 metres (479 ft) |
Dam volume | 60,400 cubic metres (2,130,000 cu ft) |
Spillways | 1 |
Spillway type | Controlled |
Spillway capacity | 2,832 cubic metres per second (100,000 cu ft/s) |
Reservoir | |
Creates | Island Bend Pondage |
Total capacity | 3,084 megalitres (108.9×10 |
Catchment area | 221 square kilometres (85 sq mi) |
Surface area | 327 hectares (810 acres) |
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The impounded reservoir is called the Island Bend Pondage.