Gippsland Lakes

Gippsland Lakes
Lake Wellington, Lake Victoria, Lake King, Lake Reeve, Lake Tyers, Lake Coleman
A boat sailing through the entrance to Grippsland Lakes
The Entrance to Gippsland Lakes
A map of Victoria, Australia with a mark indicating the location of Gippsland Lakes
A map of Victoria, Australia with a mark indicating the location of Gippsland Lakes
Gippsland Lakes
Landsat 7 imagery of the Gippsland Lakes. Lakes Entrance is visible in the top right of the image.
Landsat 7 imagery of the Gippsland Lakes. Lakes Entrance is visible in the top right of the image.
LocationGippsland, Victoria
Coordinates38°00′S 147°39′E / 38.000°S 147.650°E / -38.000; 147.650
Primary inflowsAvon, Thomson, Latrobe, Mitchell, Nicholson and Tambo rivers
Primary outflowsBass Strait
Basin countriesAustralia
Surface area354 km2 (137 sq mi)
Surface elevation0 m (0 ft)
SettlementsLakes Entrance, Bairnsdale
Designated15 December 1982
Reference no.269[1]
Lake King from Shaving Point in Metung
Lake Tyers, Gippsland Lakes, Victoria, Australia
Trio of pelicans at Lake Tyers, Gippsland Lakes, Victoria, Australia

The Gippsland Lakes are a network of coastal lakes, marshes and lagoons in East Gippsland, Victoria, Australia covering an overall area of about 354 km2 (137 sq mi)[2] between the rural towns of Lakes Entrance, Bairnsdale and Sale. The largest of the lakes are Lake Wellington (Gunai language: Murla),[3] Lake King (Gunai: Ngarrang)[4] and Lake Victoria (Gunai: Toonallook).[4] The lakes are collectively fed by the Avon, Thomson, Latrobe, Mitchell, Nicholson and Tambo Rivers, and drain into Bass Strait through a short canal about 2 km (1.2 mi) southwest of Lakes Entrance town centre.

  1. ^ "Gippsland Lakes". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  2. ^ "Gippsland Lakes - Australian Ramsar site no. 21". www.environment.gov.au. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  3. ^ "Wurruk: by Vaughan Nikitin, ChaosFilter.com Online Publishing, A Story Written in an Aboriginal Ganai - Kurnai - Language - Mountain Cattlemen - Victoria - Gippsland - Aboriginal History, Myth, Legend". Archived from the original on 8 October 2007. Retrieved 2 March 2008.
  4. ^ a b Clark, Ian; Heydon, Toby (2002). Dictionary of Aboriginal Placenames of Victoria. Melbourne: Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages.