Lake Purrumbete
| Lake Purrumbete | ||
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| Oil painting by Eugene von Guerard | ||
| Geographical location | Victoria ( Australia ) | |
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| Coordinates | 38 ° 16 '57 " S , 143 ° 14' 3" E | |
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| Altitude above sea level | 80 m | |
| scope | 7.85 km | |
| Middle deep | 45 m | |
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The lake purrumbete is a Maar that about 20,000 years ago in the east of Camperdown in the state of Victoria in Australia emerged.
The maar is located in a volcanic landscape called Newer Volcanics Province by geologists . The lake is a 45 m deep maar with a diameter of 2.5 km. It was created by a volcanic eruption when glowing lava came into contact with groundwater.
In Australia, most of the maars are in the southern part of Victoria's Western District, and of these, more than 30 are between Colac and Warrnambool . Lake Purrumbete and the Maar Tower Hill are well known examples. Lake Purrumbete, Lake Bullen Merri and Lake Gnotuk are small maars that are fed by groundwater. The larger lakes such as Lake Colongulac and Lake Corangamite , Victoria's largest lake, formed in large lowlands when watercourses were blocked by lava flows and filled with water.
Individual evidence
- ↑ sydney.edu.au ( Memento of the original from February 8, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) 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. : Volcanic landforms in the Camperdown area of Victoria , in English, accessed January 28, 2012
