| Kennet | |
| Name Etymology: | River Kennet, England |
| Map Size: | 250 |
| Pushpin Map: | Australia Victoria |
| Pushpin Map Size: | 250 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the Kennet 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: | Colac Otway Shire |
| Length: | 10km (10miles) |
| Source1: | Otway Ranges |
| Source1 Location: | below Muddy Saddle |
| Source1 Coordinates: | -38.7692°N 143.5889°W |
| Source1 Elevation: | 356m (1,168feet) |
| Source Confluence: | West and East Branches of the Kennet River |
| Mouth: | Addis Bay, Bass Strait |
| Mouth Location: | Kennett River (town) |
| Mouth Coordinates: | -38.6669°N 143.8647°W |
| Mouth Elevation: | 0m (00feet) |
| River System: | Corangamite catchment |
| Custom Label: | National park |
| Custom Data: | Port Campbell National Park |
| Extra: | [1] [2] |
The Kennet River, now commonly spelt Kennett River, is a perennial river of the Corangamite catchment, located in the Otways region of the Australian state of Victoria.
Formed by the confluence of the West and East branches of the river, the Kennet River rises in the Otway Ranges in southwest Victoria, below Muddy Saddle, and flows generally east by south through the Port Campbell National Park before reaching its river mouth and emptying into Addis Bay within Bass Strait, northeast of Cape Otway at the locality of . From its highest point, the river descends over its 10km (10miles) course.[2]
The river was named by surveyor George Smythe after the River Kennet in Berkshire, England.[3]