Lake MacDonnell

Lake MacDonnell
Lake MacDonnell is located in South Australia
Lake MacDonnell
Lake MacDonnell
Location in South Australia
LocationEyre Peninsula, near Penong, South Australia[1]
Coordinates32°02′34″S 133°00′04″E / 32.042841°S 133.00122°E / -32.042841; 133.00122[1]

Lake MacDonnell is a salt lake on western Eyre Peninsula near the Nullarbor Plain. The closest town is Penong, 13 kilometres (8 miles) to the north. It is the site of a former salt mine, now the largest gypsum mine in Australia on the largest gypsum deposit in the southern hemisphere. Salt is still mined but as a secondary product.[2]

  1. ^ a b "Search results for 'Lake Macdonnell, Lake' with the following datasets selected - 'Suburbs and Localities', 'Water Bodies', 'SA Government Regions' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 20 October 2022.