Aerial view of the southern Tweed River entrance training wall beside Fingal Head, with rock armour, access track and turquoise ocean water on the New South Wales north coast.

Fingal Head breakwater, Fingal Head NSW

Location: Fingal Head, Fingal Head, NSW, 2487, AustraliaView Fingal Head image collection →
View Type: Aerial
Capture Date: 2 May 2008
Description: Captured in May 2008, this aerial photograph records the southern training wall at the Tweed River entrance beside Fingal Head and Letitia Spit. River-training works began here in the 1890s to control a shifting and hazardous entrance channel. The twin entrance breakwaters were substantially extended between 1962 and 1965, with the southern wall completed to 1,440 feet and the northern wall to 1,550 feet using 280,708 tons of rock. The works improved navigation but also interrupted the natural northward movement of sand, leading to the Tweed River Entrance Sand Bypassing Project, which began operating in 2001. The image documents a landmark piece of coastal engineering against clear water on the Northern Rivers coast.
Named Landmarks: Tweed River entrance, Fingal Head, Letitia Spit

Keywords

Tweed River entrance southern training wall Fingal Head breakwater Fingal Head Letitia Spit Tweed River coastal engineering river training works rock breakwater rock armour Tweed River Entrance Sand Bypassing Project coastal infrastructure Northern Rivers NSW New South Wales aerial view marine infrastructure

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Image Details

This high-resolution archive image captures an aerial view of the southern Tweed River entrance training wall beside Fingal Head, with rock armour, access track and turquoise ocean water on the New South Wales north coast. The scene is located around Fingal Head, Fingal Head, NSW, Australia. It was captured on 2 May 2008. Visible and searchable details include Tweed River entrance, southern training wall, Fingal Head breakwater, Fingal Head, Letitia Spit, Tweed River. The image is suited to planning and infrastructure reports, editorial use, location research, construction communications and commercial visual reference.

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Image ID: 8A77F755
View Type: Aerial
Capture Date: 2 May 2008
Location: Fingal Head, Fingal Head, NSW, 2487, Australia
GPS: -28.170220, 153.555867

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This image is geotagged around Fingal Head, Fingal Head, NSW, 2487, Australia. The map marker uses the embedded GPS position at -28.170220, 153.555867.

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