Murray Two Dam

Murray Two Dam
Murray Two Dam is located in New South Wales
Murray Two Dam
Location of the Khancoban Dam in
New South Wales
CountryAustralia
LocationSnowy Mountains, New South Wales
Coordinates36°14′S 148°11′E / 36.233°S 148.183°E / -36.233; 148.183
StatusOperational
Opening date1968
Owner(s)Snowy Hydro
Dam and spillways
Type of damArch dam
ImpoundsKhancoban Back
Height43 metres (141 ft)
Length131 metres (430 ft)
Dam volume19,500 cubic metres (690,000 cu ft)
Spillways1
Spillway typeControlled
Spillway capacity566 cubic metres per second (20,000 cu ft/s)
Reservoir
CreatesMurray Two Pondage
Total capacity2,344 megalitres (82.8×10^6 cu ft)
Catchment area53 square kilometres (20 sq mi)
Surface area190 hectares (470 acres)

Murray Two Dam is a major ungated concrete arch dam with a controlled spillway across Khancoban Bank, a diverted flow of the Snowy and Geehi rivers in the Snowy Mountains region of New South Wales, Australia. The impounded reservoir is called the Murray Two Pondage.