Anglesea | |
Native Name: | [1] |
Name Other: | Deep Gully, Marshy Creek, Salt Gully[2] |
Name Etymology: | After Anglesey, an island in Wales. |
Map Size: | 250 |
Pushpin Map: | Australia Victoria |
Pushpin Map Size: | 250 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the Anglesea River mouth in Victoria |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | Australia |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Victoria |
Subdivision Type3: | Region |
Subdivision Name3: | South East Coastal Plain (IBRA), The Otways |
Subdivision Type5: | Local government area |
Subdivision Name5: | Surf Coast Shire |
Source1: | Otway Ranges |
Source1 Location: | east of |
Source1 Coordinates: | -38.3956°N 144.1831°W |
Mouth: | Bass Strait |
Mouth Coordinates: | -38.4153°N 144.1931°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 0m (00feet) |
River System: | Corangamite catchment |
Custom Label: | National park |
Custom Data: | Great Otway National Park |
The Anglesea River is a perennial river of the Corangamite catchment, located in the Otways region of the Australian state of Victoria.
The Anglesea River rises in the Otway Ranges east of and flows generally east by south before reaching its mouth and emptying into Bass Strait near the town of the same name.
In the Aboriginal Australian Wathawurrung language the name for the river is Kuarka-dorla, meaning "place to catch mullet".[1]
The river was named after Anglesey, an island in Wales.[3] [4]