Lake Gairdner
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| Lake Gairdner | ||
| Geographical location | Lake Gairdner National Park , South Australia | |
| Drain | none | |
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| Coordinates | 31 ° 34 ′ S , 136 ° 0 ′ E | |
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| surface | 4th 350 km² | |
| length | 160 km | |
| width | 48 km | |
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particularities |
Salt lake , temporary lake |
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Lake Gairdner is a large salt lake in the Australian state of South Australia . It is considered the fourth largest salt lake in Australia and is part of the Lake Gairdner National Park .
The lake is over 160 km long, up to 48 km wide and covers an area of around 4350 km². Its salt layer is up to 1.2 m thick. The lake is about 150 km northwest of Port Augusta and 450 km northwest of Adelaide . The lake is also occasionally used to set land vehicle speed records.
South Australia's Governor Richard MacDonnell named the lake in 1857 in memory of Gordon Gairdner, a senior official in the Australian colonial administration.
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