St Leonards Salt Lagoon

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St Leonards Salt Lagoon
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View from south-east
St Leonards Salt Lagoon is located in Victoria
St Leonards Salt Lagoon
St Leonards Salt Lagoon
Location in Victoria
Location Bellarine Peninsula, Victoria
Coordinates Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Type Hypersaline, ephemeral
Catchment area Local
Basin countries Australia
Surface area 50 hectares (120 acres)
Surface elevation 0 AHD

St Leonards Salt Lagoon is a former marine embayment, isolated by coastal deposition from Port Phillip Bay, at St Leonards, Victoria, Australia. It now forms a shallow and hypersaline lake, of about 50 hectares (120 acres), which is often dry. It is a Victorian Nature Reserve.[1]

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