St Leonards Salt Lagoon Explained

St Leonards Salt Lagoon
Pushpin Map:Australia Victoria
Pushpin Relief:1
Pushpin Label Position:top
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Victoria
Location:Bellarine Peninsula, Victoria
Coords:-38.1589°N 144.7111°W
Type:Hypersaline, ephemeral
Catchment:Local
Basin Countries:Australia
Elevation:0m (00feet)

St Leonards Salt Lagoon is a former marine embayment, isolated by coastal deposition from Port Phillip Bay, at St Leonards, Victoria, Australia. It now forms a shallow and hypersaline lake, of about, which is often dry. It is a Victorian Nature Reserve.[1]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.nre.vic.gov.au/dpi/vro/portregn.nsf/pages/port_lf_sig_sites_leondards1 Victorian Respurces Online: St Leonards Lagoon