| Lake Hopkins | |||||||||||
| Location: | Northern Territory | ||||||||||
| Coords: | -24.25°N 178°W | ||||||||||
| Type: | Salt lake | ||||||||||
| Basin Countries: | Australia | ||||||||||
| Length: | 42km (26miles) | ||||||||||
| Width: | 35km (22miles) | ||||||||||
| Pushpin Map: | Western Australia | ||||||||||
| Elevation: | 441m (1,447feet) | ||||||||||
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Lake Hopkins is a salt lake in the east of Western Australia very close to the Northern Territory border.[1] It is located to the west of Lake Neale, which together with Lake Amadeus forms part of a chain of salt lakes that stretches about 500km (300miles), from Lake Hopkins in the west to the Finke River in the east.[2] This drainage basin is known as the Amadeus Basin.[3] The lake is usually a dry salt pan, and only holds water for short periods after heavy rainfall. Lake Hopkins has an elevation of 441 metres (1447 feet) above mean sea level.[4] The lake proved to be quite an obstacle to progress for Len Beadell during construction of the Sandy Blight Junction Road in 1960.[5]