Lake Selina

Lake Selina
Lake Selina is located in Tasmania
Lake Selina
Lake Selina
Location in Tasmania
LocationWest Coast, Tasmania
Coordinates41°52′43″S 145°36′29″E / 41.87861°S 145.60806°E / -41.87861; 145.60806
TypeNatural glacial lake
Primary inflowsWest Coast Range
Basin countriesAustralia
Surface elevation516 m (1,693 ft) AHD

Lake Selina is a natural glacial lake located to the east of Mount Read, in the West Coast Range, on the west coast of Tasmania, Australia.

In the 1890s it was the location of mineral exploration[1][2] along with nearby Lake Dora.[3] Its location and conditions have led it to be a location of research into Pleistocene and Holocene environments.[4][5]

It has an estimated surface area of 185,000 square meters and is located close to the Anthony Road B28 that travels between Tullah and Queenstown.[6]

From the east, Lake Selina with an elevation of 516 metres (1,693 ft) AHD is the furthest east adjacent to Anthony Road; then Lake Westwood, and then Lake Julia with the elevation of 619 metres (2,031 ft); with Mount Julia to the west at 827 metres (2,713 ft) AHD.

  1. ^ "MINING MEETINGS". Daily Telegraph. Vol. XVII, no. 299. Tasmania, Australia. 15 December 1897. p. 5. Retrieved 26 April 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "LAKE SELINA COMPANY". Launceston Examiner. Vol. LVII, no. 280. Tasmania, Australia. 26 November 1897. p. 3. Retrieved 26 April 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "THE LAKE DORA SECTIONS". The Mount Lyell Standard And Strahan Gazette. Vol. 1, no. 61. Tasmania, Australia. 1 December 1897. p. 3. Retrieved 26 April 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ Colhoun, Eric A.; Polaa, Jeremy S.; Bartonb, Charles E.; Heijnisc, Henk (June 1999). "Late Pleistocene vegetation and climate history of Lake Selina, Western Tasmania". Quaternary International. 57–58 (1): 5–23. Bibcode:1999QuInt..57....5C. doi:10.1016/s1040-6182(98)00046-9.
  5. ^ Mackenzie, L. L.; Moss, P. T.; Petherick, L. M.; Marx, S. K. (7–12 December 2008). "Late Holocene vegetation and environments of Lake Selina, Western Tasmania". Australasian Quaternary Association Biennial Conference. 17. Victor Harbour, Australia.
  6. ^ "Tullah Online Access Centre". Archived from the original on 12 March 2011. Retrieved 5 October 2010.