List of lakes of Australia

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Natural freshwater lakes in Australia are rare due to the general absence of glacial and tectonic activity in Australia.[citation needed]

Types

Most lakes in Australia fall within one of five categories. Excluding lakes created by man-made dams for water storage and other purposes, one can identify the following:

List of lakes by state and territory

Australian Antarctic Territory

The following is a list of prominent natural lakes and lagoons in the Australian Antarctic Territory:

Order Name Type Region Designation Area Image Notes
ha acre
1 Braunsteffer Lake Glacial Princess Elizabeth Land [2]
2 Club Lake Glacial [3]
3 Collerson Lake Glacial [4]
4 Dingle Lake Glacial [5]
5 Krok Lake Glacial [6]
6 Station Tarn Glacial
7 Stinear Lake Glacial
8 Lake Vereteno Glacial
9 Lake Zvezda Glacial

Australian Capital Territory

In the Australian Capital Territory there are no prominent naturally-formed lakes and lagoons.

New South Wales

The following is a list of prominent natural lakes and lagoons in New South Wales:

Order Name Type Region Designation Area Image Notes
ha acre
1 Lake Albina Glacial Snowy Mountains World Heritage Area
2 Avoca Lake Coastal Central Coast
3 Lake Bathurst Freshwater ephemeral
4 Blue Lake Freshwater ephemeral;
Glacial		 Snowy Mountains World Heritage Area
5 Budgewoi Lake Coastal
6 Lake Cathie Coastal
7 Chipping Norton Lake Freshwater ephemeral
8 Lake Cootapatamba Glacial Snowy Mountains World Heritage Area Kosciuszko03.JPG
9 Lake Cowal Freshwater ephemeral
10 Dee Why Lagoon Coastal lagoon Northern Beaches
11 Lake George Freshwater ephemeral
12 Glenbrook Lagoon Freshwater ephemeral
13 Glenrock Lagoon Coastal lagoon
14 Headley Tarn Glacial
15 Lake Illawarra Coastal Illawarra
16 Lake Macquarie Coastal Mid North Coast Lake Macquarie (Swansea - Pulbah).jpg
17 Menindee Lakes Freshwater ephemeral 100px
18 Lake Moore Freshwater ephemeral
19 Lake Mungo Saline Far West LakeMungo.jpg
20 Lake Munmorah Coastal Hunter
21 Myall Lakes Coastal Mid North Coast
22 Narrabeen Lagoon Coastal Northern Beaches 220 544 100px [7]
23 Narran Lakes Freshwater ephemeral
24 Smiths Lake Coastal Mid North Coast
25 St Georges Basin Coastal South Coast /
Jervis Bay Territory
26 Tabourie Lake Coastal Mid North Coast
27 Terrigal Lagoon Coastal lagoon Central Coast
28 Tuggerah Lake Coastal Central Coast Craigie park view.jpg
29 Lake Urana Saline Far West
30 Wallaga Lake Freshwater ephemeral
31 Wallis Lake Coastal Mid North Coast
32 Wamberal Lagoon Coastal lagoon Central Coast
33 Wattle Grove Lake Freshwater ephemeral
34 Willandra Lakes Saline Far West
35 Lake Wollumboola Coastal Mid North Coast
36 Wonboyn Lake Coastal Mid North Coast
37 Lake Woytchugga Freshwater ephemeral

Northern Territory

The following is a list of prominent natural lakes and lagoons in the Northern Territory:

Order Name Type Region Designation Area Image Notes
ha acre
1 Lake Amadeus Saline South-west 103,200 255,013 Lake amadeus.jpg [8]
2 Corella Lake Freshwater ephemeral
3 Lake Mackay Saline Great Sandy Desert;
Gibson Desert;
Tanami Desert		 349,400 863,386 100px
4 Lake Neale Saline South-west 30,000 74,132 [9]
5 Numby Numby Sinkhole Gulf of Carpentaria 100px
6 Lake Sylvester Freshwater ephemeral Barkly Tableland 200,000 494,211
7 Tarrabool Lake Freshwater ephemeral Barkly Tableland Tarrabool Lake - Eva Downs Swamp System
Important Bird Area;
Register of the National Estate;
DIWA		 118,600 293,067 100px
8 Lake Woods Freshwater ephemeral Barkly Tableland Important Bird Area;
Longreach Waterhole Protected Area (part)		 118,600 293,067 100px

Queensland

The following is a list of prominent natural lakes and lagoons in Queensland:

Order Name Type Region Designation Area Image Notes
ha acre
1 Lake Awoonga Freshwater ephemeral
2 Lake Barrine Volcanic
3 Blue Lake Coastal
4 Boobera Lagoon Freshwater ephemeral
5 Brown Lake Coastal
6 Lake Broadwater Coastal South East
7 Lake Buchanan Saline 100px
8 Lake Como Coastal
9 Lake Cooloola Coastal
10 Lake Cooroibah Coastal
11 Lake Cootharaba Coastal
12 Lake Dunn Freshwater ephemeral
13 Lake Eacham Volcanic
14 Lake Elphinstone Freshwater ephemeral
15 Lake Euramoo Volcanic
16 Lake Galilee Saline
17 Lake McKenzie Perched Fraser Island a05 lake mckenzie.jpg
18 Lake Nuga Nuga Freshwater ephemeral
19 Lake Weyba Coastal
20 Lake Wobby Perched
21 Lake Yamma Yamma Saline

South Australia

The following is a list of prominent natural lakes and lagoons in South Australia:

Order Name Type Region Designation Area Image Notes
ha acre
1 Lake Albert Freshwater Murray Mallee Coorong and Lakes Alexandrina and Albert Wetland Ramsar site;
Lakes Alexandrina and Albert Important Bird Area		 100px
2 Lake Alexandrina 64,900 160,371 100px [10][11]
3 Lake Blanche Saline Central Strzelecki Desert Lakes Important Bird Area
4 Blue Lake Volcanic Limestone Coast 70 173 100px [12]
5 Lake Bonney (Limestone Coast) Coastal Limestone Coast Canunda National Park 505,600 1,249,365
6 Lake Bonney (Riverland) Freshwater Riverland 100px
7 Lake Bumbunga Saline Mid North 1,388 3,430 100px
8 Lake Cadibarrawirracanna Saline Mid North Woomera Prohibited Area 6,000 14,826 [13]
9 Lake Callabonna Saline Mid North Strzelecki Desert Lakes Important Bird Area 16,000 39,537 100px [14]
10 Coongie Lakes Wetlands Far North Ramsar Site;
Innamincka Regional Reserve;
Malkumba-Coongie Lakes National Park;
Strzelecki Regional Reserve		 2,179,000 5,384,426 100px [15]
11 Lake Dey Dey Saline Far North
12 Lake Dutton Saline Central
13 Kati Thanda–Lake Eyre Saline endorheic Far North Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre National Park;
Elliot Price Conservation Park		 950,000 2,347,501 100px [16]
14 Lake Frome Saline endorheic Flinders Ranges Lake Frome Regional Reserve 259,615 641,523 100px
15 Lake Gairdner Saline endorheic Eyre Peninsula Lake Gairdner National Park 100px
16 Goyder Lagoon Ephemeral swamp Far North
17 Lake Gregory Saline Mid North
18 Lake Hart Saline
19 Lake Hope Saline ephemeral Far North Coongie Lakes wetland Ramsar Site 3,600 8,896
20 Lake Miranda Freshwater ephemeral
21 Seagull Lake Saline ephemeral Eyre Peninsula Sceale Bay Conservation Park 88 217
22 Serpentine Lakes Saline Great Victoria Desert Mamungari Conservation Park 9,700 23,969 Serpentine Lakes.JPG [17]
23 Sleaford Mere Saline endorheic Eyre Peninsula Sleaford Mere Conservation Park 707 1,747
24 Lake Torrens Saline ephemeral Flinders Ranges Lake Torrens National Park 574,500 1,419,620 100px [18]
25 Valley Lake Volcanic
26 Watervalley Wetlands Contiguous wetlands Murray Mallee 13,100 32,371

Tasmania

The following is a list of prominent natural lakes and lagoons in Tasmania:

Order Name Type Region Designation Area Image Notes
ha acre
1 Lake Beatrice Freshwater ephemeral Western
2 Lake Dora Freshwater ephemeral Western
3 Dove Lake Cirque freshwater ephemeral Central Highlands Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park 150 371 100px
4 Lake Dulverton Freshwater ephemeral Southern Midlands 428 1,058
5 Lake Edgar Fault scarp pond South West Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area 147 363 [19]
6 Lake Fidler Meromictic South West Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area
7 Great Lake Freshwater ephemeral Central Highlands 17,600 43,491 Great Lake, Tasmania.jpg
8 Little Waterhouse Lake Freshwater coastal North East Ramsar Site 10 25 100px [20]
9 Orielton Lagoon Dystrophic coastal South East Coast Ramsar Site 3,334 8,240 100px [21]
10 Lake Selina Glacial West Coast
11 Lake St Clair Freshwater ephemeral Central Highlands Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park 4,500 11,120 100px
12 Lake Westwood Glacial West Coast

Victoria

The following is a list of prominent natural lakes and lagoons in Victoria.

Order Name Type Region Designation Area Image Notes
ha acre
1 Lake Batyo Catyo Freshwater ephemeral
2 Lake Corangamite Saline
3 Gippsland Lakes Coastal 100px
4 Lake Hindmarsh Freshwater ephemeral
5 Mallacoota Inlet Coastal
6 Murtnaghurt Lagoon Saline
7 Lake Victoria Coastal lake

Western Australia

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Main article: List of lakes of Western Australia

The following is a list of prominent natural lakes and lagoons in Western Australia:

Order Name Type Region Designation Area Image Notes
ha acre
1 Angove Lake Freshwater Great Southern Two Peoples Bay Nature Reserve 33 82
2 Lake Anneen Saline Mid West 12,000 29,653
3 Lake Baghdad Saline Rottnest Island
4 Lake Ballard Saline ephemeral Goldfields-Esperance 4,900 12,108 Lake Ballard WA.jpg [22]
5 Lake Barlee Saline Mid West 198,000 489,269 100px [23]
6 Bibra Lake Freshwater Perth Beeliar Regional Park
7 Lake Boonderoo Freshwater Goldfields-Esperance 2,500 6,178
8 Booragoon Lake Freshwater Perth Beeliar Regional Park [24]
9 Boyd Lagoon Saline lagoon Gibson Desert 870 2,150 [25]
10 Lake Breaden Saline Gibson Desert 2,600 6,425 [26][27]
11 Lake Bryde-East Lake Bryde Freshwater wetland Great Southern Lake Bryde Nature Reserve 1,900 4,695 [28]
12 Lake Burnside Saline Gibson Desert 42,000 103,784 [29]
13 Lake Carey Saline Goldfields-Esperance
14 Lake Carnegie Ephemeral Goldfields-Esperance 571,400 1,411,960 100px [30][31]
15 Lake Disappointment Saline endorheic Pilbara 33,000 81,545 100px [32]
16 Lake Dora Saline Pilbara 100px
17 Dumbleyung Lake Saline Great Southern Dumbleyung Lake Nature Reserve 5,200 12,849 Dumbleyung Lake.jpg
18 Lake Dundas Saline
19 Forrestdale Lake Brackish seasonal groundwater Perth Forrestdale Lake Nature Reserve;
Forrestdale and Thomsons Lakes Ramsar Site		 245 605 100px [33]
20 Lake Gore Seasonal freshwater Goldfields-Esperance Lake Gore Nature Reserve;
Lake Gore Ramsar Site		 740 1,829 [34]
21 Lake Gregory Seasonal freshwater Kimberley Paraku Indigenous Protected Area
22 Herdsman Lake Freshwater Perth Herdsman Lake Regional Park 3 7 100px [35]
23 Lake Hillier Saline Goldfields-Esperance Recherche Archipelago Nature Reserve 1.5 4 100px [36]
24 Hutt Lagoon Saline Mid West 100px
25 Lake Jasper Freshwater South West 4,500 11,120 [37]
26 Lake Joondalup Freshwater Perth Yellagonga Regional Park 100px
27 Jualbup Lake Freshwater Perth Shenton Park Jualbup photo vegtiation1.JPG
28 Lake Lefroy Saline ephemeral Goldfields-Esperance
29 Lake Mackay Saline Great Sandy Desert 349,400 863,386 100px [38]
30 Lake McLarty Freshwater South West Lake McLarty Nature Reserve;
Peel-Yalgorup System Ramsar site
31 Lake Macleod Freshwater Gascoyne 150,000 370,658 100px
32 Loch McNess Freshwater Perth Yanchep National Park 100px [39]
33 Lake Magenta Saline ephemeral Wheatbelt Lake Magenta Nature Reserve 11,000 27,182 [40]
34 Lake Maitland Dry saline Mid West
35 Lake Monginup Freshwater Goldfields-Esperance Lake Monginup Nature Reserve 32 79 100px [41]
36 Lake Muir Freshwater South West Muir-Byenup System Ramsar Site 4 10 100px [42][43]
37 Lake Nabberu Saline Mid West 18,000 44,479 [44]
38 Lake Newell Goldfields-Esperance 2,600 6,425 [45]
39 North Lake Freshwater Perth Beeliar Regional Park
40 Perry Lakes Freshwater Perth Perry Lakes Reserve 12.6 31 [46]
41 Perth Wetlands Wetlands Perth Herdsman Lake Regional Park
42 Pink Lake Saline Goldfields-Esperance 99 245 100px [47]
43 Lake Seppings Freshwater South West Lake Seppings Nature Reserve Lakeseppingmtclarence.jpg [48]
44 Serpentine Lakes Saline Great Victoria Desert Mamungari Conservation Park 9,700 23,969 Serpentine Lakes.JPG [17]
45 Lake Shaster Hypersaline Goldfields-Esperance Lake Shaster Nature Reserve 479 1,184 [49]
46 Lake Thetis Saline Mid West
47 Thomsons Lake Brackish seasonal groundwater Perth Thomsons Lake Nature Reserve;
Forrestdale and Thomsons Lakes Ramsar Site		 538 1,329
48 Toolibin Lake Perched freshwater Wheatbelt Toolibin Lake Nature Reserve;
Toolibin Lake Ramsar Site		 300 741 [50]
49 Lake Warden Saline Goldfields-Esperance Lake Warden Nature Reserve 59 146 [51]
50 Lake Way Dry saline Mid-West 46,000 113,668 [52]
51 Lake Wooleen Intermittent freshwater Mid-West 5,500 13,591

Salt lake (nec)

See also

References

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