| Sleaford Mere | |
|---|---|
| Kuyabidni[1] | |
  Sleaford Mere | |
| Location | Proper Bay Road, Sleaford, South Australia[2] |
| Coordinates | 34°50′08″S 135°44′26″E / 34.835673°S 135.740615°E[2] |
| Type | Endorheic basin |
| Etymology | Parish of Sleaford in Lincolnshire, England[1] |
| Part of | Southern Basins Prescribed Wells Area[3]: 12 |
| Primary inflows | local runoff & groundwater |
| River sources | none |
| Primary outflows | none |
| Basin countries | Australia |
| Managing agency | Department for Environment and Water |
| Designation | Conservation park |
| Max. length | about 4.8 to 6.4 kilometres (3 to 4 mi)[4] |
| Max. width | about 1.6 kilometres (1 mile)[4] |
| Surface area | 7.07 km2 (2.73 sq mi)[5]: 18 |
| Average depth | 0.61 to 0.91 metres (2 to 3 ft) ("a few feet deep")[4] |
| Salinity | 23.0 – 64.0 millisiemens per cm[5]: 36 |
| Surface elevation | 20 metres (66 feet)[6] |
| Islands | ‘some small islands.’[3]: 2 |
Sleaford Mere (alternative name: Kuyabidni) is a permanent saline lake, located on the Jussieu Peninsula on the south eastern tip of Eyre Peninsula in South Australia about 15 kilometres (9.3 miles) south west of Port Lincoln. The lake was given its modern name by the British explorer, Matthew Flinders, on 26 February 1802. Since 1969, the lake has been part of the Sleaford Mere Conservation Park and since 2005, it has been listed as a nationally important wetland. The lake and its environs are notable as a venue for recreational pursuits such as canoeing.
- ^ a b "Nomenclature of South Australia. Names and their origin. XXII.— an alphabetical review". The Register. 16 July 1908. Retrieved 24 October 2014.
- ^ a b "Search results for 'Sleaford Mere, Lake' with the following datasets selected - 'NPW and Conservation Properties', 'Suburbs and localities', 'Hundreds' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. South Australian Government. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
- ^ a b "Conservation Parks of Lower Eyre Peninsula Management Plan" (PDF). Department for Environment and Heritage (DEH). 2007. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
- ^ a b c Flinders, Matthew (1966) [1814]. A Voyage to Terra Australis : undertaken for the purpose of completing the discovery of that vast country, and prosecuted in the years 1801, 1802, and 1803 in His Majesty's ship the Investigator, and subsequently in the armed vessel Porpoise and Cumberland Schooner; with an account of the shipwreck of the Porpoise, arrival of the Cumberland at Mauritius, and imprisonment of the commander during six years and a half in that island (Facsimile ed.). Adelaide: Libraries Board of South Australia. pp. 234–235. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
- ^ a b Seaman, R.L. (2002). "Wetland Inventory for Eyre Peninsula, South Australia". Department for Environment and Heritage (DEH). pp. 18, 20 & 36. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
- ^ "Australian Wetlands Database - Directory Wetland Information Sheet: Sleaford Mere - SA073". Commonwealth of Australia, Department of the Environment. 31 May 2005. Retrieved 23 October 2014.