What do you need the array for?
It's hard for me to understand why you need an array that big.
I am guessing that you are looking for a 2 dimensional array with 3 fields.
like this
long[,]contourArray = new long[1000,3];
Meaning you get 1000 "rows" with 3 "columns", that way you can store 3 numbers on each "row".