Tantangara Reservoir - NSW

  Lake,River,Creek

Position

DEG: -35.76658 148.6548
DMS: 35º 45' 59.68" S 148º 39' 17.28" E
UTM: 55 H 6040678mN 649588mE
Altitude: 1221.5m

Description

Place Type

Geography - Lake,River,Creek

Location

67.58kms SouthWest of Canberra - Driving 221 km (3 hours 9 mins)
312.97kms SouthWest of Sydney - Driving 500 km (5 hours 44 mins)
401.86kms NorthEast of Melbourne - Driving 611 km (6 hours 48 mins)
800.71kms North of Hobart - Driving 1345 km (1 day 6 hours)

Address & Contact

Tantangara Reservoir
New South Wales
Phone: N/A
Email: N/A
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Information

When at the full supply level - FSL, it holds 254 GL which is the gross capacity. The water would then be level with the top of the spillway at 1229.87 m AHD. 239 GL is the active capacity which is the actual usable water able to be diverted to Lake Eucumbene. Has only spilled in 1964,1975 and in 1992 when the level was 40 cm over the spillway. Most years the reservoir ranges from 20% to 40% full and in a wet year like 2016 up to 70%. In 2018 held at 50% due to erosion issues at the outlet at Providence Portal.
The easiest access to the Reservoir is via the Tantangara Rd off the Snowy Mtns Hwy near Adaminaby. This is open all year but subject to winter snowfalls. From June to Oct the road is closed by a gate at the Dam.

A scenic 90km round trip from the Highway then beyond the dam to Currango Homestead, the Port Phillip Trail over Currango Plain to the Long Plain Rd and back to the Hwy at Rules Point is a pleasant days outing. The Port Phillip Trail is flooded when the level exceeds 25%.

Snowy 2.0 will involve higher water levels and probable permanent inundation of the Trail. Construction of a new tunnel portal a few km NW of the dam will also impact park use.
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Weather

Closest Weather Station

Mount Ginini at 03/01:00am EDT
Distance from Tantangara Reservoir 28.41km N
TemperatureFeels LikeRel. HumidityDew PointPressureRainfallWind DirectionWind SpeedGusts
9.2°C3.1°C83%6.5°ChPa0.0mmWNW28km/hr
15knots
50km/hr
27knots

Closest Climatic Station

Cabramurra Smhea Aws
Distance from Tantangara Reservoir 31.32km SW
 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean Max. °C21.620.917.512.98.75.33.84.98.711.915.818.2
Mean Min. °C11.511.38.75.72.80.4-0.9-0.41.74.07.38.8
Mean Rain mm43.785.380.366.877.3112.2110.0129.3130.6104.4111.882.8

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