Lake Wollumboola Explained

Lake Wollumboola
Location:	New South Wales, Australia
Coordinates:	-34.9517°N 150.7619°W
Type:	lake
Pushpin Map:	Australia
Pushpin Map Alt:	Location of the lake in Australia.

Lake Wollumboola is a coastal lake in the Shoalhaven region of New South Wales, Australia. It lies to the immediate south of the town of Culburra Beach and to the north of Jervis Bay. It forms part of Jervis Bay National Park. The lake is separated from the ocean by a berm about wide which breaches only when the lake fills to over above mean sea level.^[1]

Birds

The lake has been identified by BirdLife International as an Important Bird Area (IBA) because it often supports over 1% of the world population of black swans, especially in drought years, as well as of chestnut teals.^[2]

Notes and References

1. BirdLife International. (2011). Important Bird Areas factsheet: Lake Wollumboola. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 01/08/2011.
2. Web site: IBA: Lake Wollumboola . 2011-08-01 . Birdata . Birds Australia . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110706102341/http://www.birdata.com.au/iba.vm . 2011-07-06 .