Lake Frome
| Lake Frome | ||
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| the dry west bank of Lake Frome | ||
| Geographical location | South Australia | |
| Tributaries | Salt Creek , Arkaroola Creek | |
| Drain | drainless | |
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| Coordinates | 30 ° 42 ′ S , 139 ° 49 ′ E | |
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| surface | 2 596.15 km² | |
| length | 100 km | |
| width | 40 km | |
The Lake Frome is a salt lake in South Australia , east of the northern Flinders Ranges area. It is a shallow endorheic body of water with no vegetation, 100 km long and 40 km wide, which lies below sea level in the sedimentary basin of the Lake Eyre Basin . The area of the salt lake extends over 2596.15 km². The lake is seldom fed with water from the mostly dry streams from the west of the Flinders Ranges or from the Strzelecki desert in the north. The brackish lake is named after Edward Charles Frome , who mapped the area in 1843 .
location
The salt lake extends west of the Vulkathunha Gammon Ranges National Park and borders Lake Callabonna , the Salt Creek in the north, the southern Strzelecki Desert in the east and the agricultural Frome Downs in the south. In the region in which the salt lake is rarely fall rainfall and it is sparsely populated, the nearest settlement to the lake is the Arkaroola Village , about 40 kilometers northwest from the shore. Two significant uranium deposits on Lake Frome are currently being explored for subsequent uranium mining ; These are the Beverley deposits in the northwest and Honeymoon in the southeast of the lake.
Because of its "regional geological significance" (German: "regional geological significance"), Lake Frome was declared a protected area ( IUCN Category VI) in 1991.
Access
The access to Lake Frome is only possible with four-wheel drive vehicles on a simple slope that leads from the headquarters, a former sheep shearers hall , of the Vulkathunha Gammon Ranges National Park from the Balcanoona station (Virlkundhunha) 30 kilometers west. The path to Lake Frome then crosses flat, rocky terrain and follows Balcanoona Creek through the fully protected arid catchment area. After crossing the Moomba- Adelaide - Gas Pipeline and the dingo fence , the path over flat leads sand dunes before the western shore of Lake Frome is achieved. The protected area that opens up the slope has been declared a cultural zone in which the ancestral Aborigines of the Adnyamathanha hunt between 3 p.m. and 5 a.m. in the morning. During this time, it is forbidden to drive into the area in public.
Dream time
Lake Frome is part of the local dream time that the Adnyamathanha Aborigines tell about the geology and species of the area. Lake Frome was created and drunk by the rainbow serpent - called Akurra, who meandered Arkaroola Creek there. Because of this dreamtime story, the Adnyamathanha do not step on the surface of the dried up lake.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ National Parks and Wildlife South Australia. Regional Reserves ( Memento of the original dated April 23, 2010 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. . Retrieved February 12, 2011
- ↑ A Review of Lake Frome and Strzelecki Regional Reserves 1991 - 2001 ( Memento of the original from July 28, 2008 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.
- ^ Department for Environment and Heritage. Information Sheet ( Memento of the original from October 26th, 2009 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.
- ↑ Transcript of interview with Vulkathunha-Gammon Ranges National Park ranger Kristian Coulthard on ABC-TV, broadcast 6.30pm on 02/06/2003 . Archived from the original on December 13, 2004. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 24, 2007.
