Lake Bulls Merri
| Lake Bulls Merri | ||
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| Sunset on Lake Bullen Merri | ||
| Geographical location | Victoria ( Australia ) | |
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| Coordinates | 38 ° 14 '54 " S , 143 ° 6' 16" O | |
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| Altitude above sea level | 80 m | |
| surface | 4.6 km² | |
| Maximum depth | 66 m | |
| Middle deep | 60 m | |
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The Lake Bullen Merri , also posted Lake Bullen Merri is a Maar at Camperdown in Victoria , Australia that about 20,000 years ago when a volcanic eruption originated. In a short distance north of Lake Bullen Merri is Lake Gnotuk , a single small maar that lies 40 m below.
The Lake Gnotuk only reaches a water depth of 20 meters and has a twice as high salt content such as sea water, and it has only half the area of Lake Bullen Merri .
The Lake Bullen Merri gives the impression that there are two interconnected crater lakes, because the shape of a three-leaf clover has emerged. The Lake Bullen Merri is a Maar that the Lake Gnotuk middle of the 19th century flooded. The Lake Bullen Merri is 60 meters deep filled with brackish water.
Investigations of the sediments in both lakes also showed that the salinity changed in the last 10,000 years and the water level in both lakes fell continuously over the past 100 years. This can be seen from the traces of the water level on the shoreline.
The end of Lake Bullen Merri was marked with a stone by James Dawson in the late 19th century , and you can tell that the water level has fallen over the past 100 years.
Near the Lake Bullen Merri which took place in 1839 Murdering Gully massacre to the Aborigines of Djargurd Wurrung instead. This body of water is frequented by anglers and swimmers and was closed in January 2012 due to the occurrence of toxic algae.
Individual evidence
- ↑ bonzle.com : Lake Bullen Merri , in English, accessed January 15, 2012
- ↑ a b sydney.edu.au ( Memento of the original from February 8, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. : Volcanic landforms in the Camperdown area of Victoria , in English, accessed January 15, 2012
- ↑ bonzle.com , accessed January 27, 2012
- ↑ standard.net.au : Juno Pech: Lake Bullen Merri algae risk ignored by some users , from January 6, 2012, in English, accessed on January 15, 2012
