Lake Blanche
| Lake Blanche | ||
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| Geographical location | South Australia ( Australia ) | |
| Tributaries | Duck Ponds Creek, Petermorra Creek, Tooncatchyin Creek, Serpentine Creek, Box Creek, Strzelecki Creek , Macdonnell Creek | |
| Drain | Moppa-Collina-Channel | |
| Location close to the shore | Mount Hopeless, Lyndhurst | |
| Data | ||
| Coordinates | 29 ° 11 ′ S , 139 ° 27 ′ E | |
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| Altitude above sea level | 3 m | |
| surface | 170 km² | |
| length | 30 km | |
| width | 21 km | |
The Lake Blanche is a dry salt lake in northeastern Australian state of South Australia .
The lake is about 125 km southwest of the border triangle South Australia - New South Wales - Queensland , the Cameron Corner , on the southern edge of the Strzelecki Desert . The Moppa-Collina-Channel connects it with Lake Callabonna , another large salt lake southeast of Lake Blanche and north of Lake Frome .
The Strzelecki Regional Reserve , a state reserve, connects to the north of the lake . The Strzelecki Track passes the lake in the east and south at a distance of approx. 10 km.
Web links and sources
- Lake Blanche - SAT . ExplorOz.com
- Map of Lake Blanche, SA . Bonzle.com
- Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas . Steve Parish Publishing. Archerfield QLD 2007. ISBN 978-1-74193-232-4 . P. 73