| Lake Frome / Munda | |
|---|---|
| Munda (Adnyamathanha)[1] | |
 Aerial view of Lake Frome / Munda | |
  Lake Frome / Munda Location in South Australia | |
| Location | South Australia |
| Coordinates | 30°37′S 139°52′E / 30.617°S 139.867°E |
| Type | Endorheic |
| Basin countries | Australia |
| Designation | Lake Frome Regional Reserve |
| Max. length | 100 km (62 mi) |
| Max. width | 40 km (25 mi) |
| Surface area | 2,596.15 km2 (1,002.38 sq mi) |
| Max. depth | 0.5 metres (1 ft 8 in)[2] |
| Surface elevation | 1 metre (3 ft 3 in)[2] |
Lake Frome / Munda[3] is a large endorheic lake in the Australian state of South Australia to the east of the Northern Flinders Ranges. It is a large, shallow, unvegetated salt pan, 100 kilometres (62 mi) long and 40 kilometres (25 mi) wide, lying mostly below sea level and having a total surface area of 259,615 hectares (641,520 acres). It only rarely fills with brackish water flowing down usually dry creeks in the Northern Flinders Ranges from the west, or exceptional flows down the Strzelecki Creek from the north.
The Adnyamathanha name for the lake is Munda. Europeans named the lake Frome after Edward Charles Frome, after he mapped the area in 1843. The lake was officially dual named Lake Frome / Munda in 2004.
- ^ "Search result for "Munda (Lake)" (Record no SA0038645) with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities" and " Place names (gazetteer)"". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
- ^ a b "Lake Frome, Australia - 2508.030sq km - Facts, Map". lakepedia.com. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
- ^ "Geographical Names Act 1991 (69)" (PDF). South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia. 5 August 2004. p. 2749. Retrieved 19 May 2021.