Lake Thetis

Lake Thetis
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Lake Thetis is located in Western Australia
Lake Thetis
Lake Thetis
Location in Western Australia
LocationMid West, Western Australia
Coordinates30°30′26″S 115°04′50″E / 30.50722°S 115.08056°E / -30.50722; 115.08056
TypeSaline
Basin countriesAustralia
Max. length0.42 km (0.26 mi)
Max. width0.29 km (0.18 mi)
Average depth2 m (6 ft 7 in)
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Lake Thetis is a saline coastal lake in the Mid West region of Western Australia. The lake is situated east of the small town Cervantes, 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) inland from the Indian Ocean, on a Quaternary limestone pavement.[1]

The lake is part of Nambung National Park.

  1. ^ Reitner, Joachim; Paul, Josef; Arp, Gernot; Hause-Reitner, Dorothea (1996). "Lake Thetis Domal Microbialites - a Complex Framework of Calcified Biofilms and Organomicrites (Cervantes, Western Australia)" (PDF). www.webdoc.sub.gwdg.de. Retrieved 9 April 2024.