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Island Bend Dam - NSW

Island Bend Pondage

Only 1.5m below full supply level - FSL

Intake just below water level

90% full Jan 2021

Intake shaft with trashracks above water

Ice sheet

Reservoir backwaters

Unlined section of Eucumbene - Snowy tunnel

Eucumbene - Snowy tunnel

Spill of 350 cumecs March 4th 2012

Cables hoist radial gates of spillway

Downstream face of concrete gravity dam

Almost at minimum operating level

Reservoir,Dam

Position

DEG: -36.314697 148.482834

DMS: 36º 18' 52.91" S 148º 28' 58.2" E

UTM: 55 H 5980126mN 633116mE

Altitude: 1228.69m

Address & Contact

Island Bend Road
Island Bend 2627

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Information

Island Bend Dam impounds the waters of the Snowy River below Guthega Power Station. It's intake shaft connects to the junction of 2 tunnels. Firstly, water can be diverted into Lake Eucumbene for storage via the two way Eucumbene-Snowy tunnel. Returning to the junction at Island Bend the water flows secondly through the Snowy-Geehi tunnel which is joined at its start by a third tunnel from Jindabyne Pumping Station. The flow is one way to Geehi Reservoir to then supply Murray 1 and 2 Power Stations.
The pondage can be covered in ice in July but provides a refreshing swim in January.

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Weather

Closest Weather Station

Perisher Valley at 02/07:00am EST

Distance from Island Bend Dam 12.36km SW

Temperature	Feels Like	Rel. Humidity	Dew Point	Pressure	Rainfall	Wind Direction	Wind Speed	Gusts
-3.6°C	-7.0°C	64%	-9.4°C	hPa	0.0mm	SW	2km/hr 1knots	6km/hr 3knots

Closest Climatic Station

Perisher Valley Ski Centre

Distance from Island Bend Dam 11.79km SW

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean Max. °C	19.2	18.5	15.7	11.7	7.9	3.9	2.4	3.4	5.8	9.7	13.9	15.9
Mean Min. °C	5.8	5.3	3.3	0.3	-1.5	-3.5	-5.0	-4.3	-2.0	0.2	2.0	3.8
Mean Rain mm	96.1	73.1	114.5	97.5	130.9	167.8	186.1	240.7	234.0	182.1	138.5	95.3