List of lakes of Australia

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Natural freshwater lakes in Australia are rare due to the general absence of glacial and tectonic activity in Australia.Template:Citation needed

Types

Most lakes in Australia fall within one of five categories. Excluding lakes and lagoons created by man-made dams for water storage and other purposes, one can identify the following:

• coastal lakes and lagoons including perched lakes;
• natural freshwater inland lakes, often ephemeral and some part of wetland or swamp areas;
• the Main Range containing mainland Australia's five glacial lakes.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> In Tasmania, due to glaciation, there are a large number of natural freshwater lakes on the central plateau, many of which have been enlarged or modified by hydro-electric developments;
• predominantly dry, salt lakes in the flat desert regions of the country lacking organised drainage; and
• lakes created in volcanic remnants.

List of lakes and lagoons by state and territory

Australian Antarctic Territory

Template:Stack The following is a list of prominent natural lakes and lagoons in the sector of Antarctica claimed by Australia as the Australian Antarctic Territory:

Order	Name	Type	Region	Designation	Area		Image	Notes
					ha	acre
1	Braunsteffer Lake	Glacial	Princess Elizabeth Land		0.0769	0.19		<ref>Template:Cite gnis</ref>
2	Club Lake	Glacial						<ref name=gnis>Template:Cite gnis</ref>
3	Collerson Lake	Glacial						<ref>Template:Cite gnis</ref>
4	Dingle Lake	Glacial			68	168		<ref>Template:Cite gnis</ref>
5	Krok Lake	Glacial						<ref>Template:Cite gnis</ref>
6	Station Tarn	Glacial
7	Stinear Lake	Glacial
8	Lake Vereteno	Glacial
9	Lake Zvezda	Glacial

Australian Capital Territory

Template:Stack In the Australian Capital Territory there are no prominent naturally-formed lakes and lagoons. Artificial lakes include Bendora Dam, Cotter Dam, Corin Dam, Lake Burley Griffin, Lake Ginninderra, Lake Tuggeranong, and Stranger Pond.

New South Wales

Template:Stack The following is a list of prominent natural lakes and lagoons in New South Wales:

Order	Name	Type	Region	Designation	Area		Image	Notes
					ha	acre
1	Lake Albina	Glacial	Snowy Mountains	Template:Unbulleted list	Template:Convert		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2	Avoca Lake	Coastal	Central Coast		Template:Convert		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
3	Lake Bathurst	Freshwater ephemeral	Southern Tablelands		Template:Convert
4	Blue Lake	Freshwater ephemeral; Glacial	Snowy Mountains	Template:Unbulleted list	Template:Convert		<ref name=BL>Template:Cite web</ref>
5	Budgewoi Lake	Coastal	Central Coast		Template:Convert
6	Lake Cathie	Coastal
7	Chipping Norton Lake	Freshwater ephemeral	Greater Sydney				File:Chipping Norton Lake.JPG
8	Lake Cootapatamba	Glacial	Snowy Mountains				File:Kosciuszko03.JPG
9	Lake Cowal	Freshwater ephemeral	Central West
10	Dee Why Lagoon	Coastal lagoon	Northern Beaches				File:Dee Why Lagoon (23963823480).jpg
11	Lake George	Freshwater ephemeral	Southern Tablelands				File:20081229 Lake George wind farm.jpg
12	Glenbrook Lagoon	Freshwater ephemeral	Blue Mountains				File:(1)Glenbrook Lagoon 033.jpg
13	Glenrock Lagoon	Coastal lagoon
14	Headley Tarn	Glacial
15	Lake Illawarra	Coastal	Illawarra				File:Lake Illawarra. View from Sublime Point lookout.jpg
16	Lake Macquarie	Coastal	Hunter				File:Lake Macquarie (Swansea - Pulbah).jpg
17	Menindee Lakes	Freshwater ephemeral	Far West				File:Menindee Lakes in NSW from 16,000ft.jpg
18	Lake Moore	Freshwater ephemeral
19	Lake Mungo	Saline	Far West				File:LakeMungo.jpg
20	Lake Munmorah	Coastal	Central Coast
21	Myall Lakes	Coastal	Mid North Coast				File:Myall lakes.JPG
22	Narrabeen Lagoon	Coastal	Northern Beaches		Template:Convert	File:Narrabeen overview.jpg	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
23	Narran Lakes	Freshwater ephemeral
24	Smiths Lake	Coastal	Mid North Coast
25	St Georges Basin	Coastal	South Coast / Jervis Bay Territory
26	Tabourie Lake	Coastal	Mid North Coast
27	Terrigal Lagoon	Coastal lagoon	Central Coast
28	Tuggerah Lake	Coastal	Central Coast				File:Craigie park view.jpg
29	Lake Urana	Saline	Far West
30	Wallaga Lake	Freshwater ephemeral
31	Wallis Lake	Coastal	Mid North Coast
32	Wamberal Lagoon	Coastal lagoon	Central Coast
33	Wattle Grove Lake	Freshwater ephemeral
34	Willandra Lakes	Saline	Far West
35	Lake Wollumboola	Coastal	Mid North Coast
36	Wonboyn Lake	Coastal	Mid North Coast
37	Lake Woytchugga	Freshwater ephemeral
38	Peery Lake	Freshwater ephemeral	Far West	Ramsar	5,026	12,420	File:Peerylake.JPG

Northern Territory

Template:Stack The following is a list of prominent natural lakes and lagoons in the Northern Territory:

Order	Name	Type	Region	Designation	Area		Image	Notes
					ha	acre
1	Lake Amadeus	Saline	South-west		Template:Convert	File:Lake amadeus.jpg	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2	Corella Lake	Freshwater ephemeral
3	Lake Mackay	Saline	Great Sandy Desert; Gibson Desert; Tanami Desert		Template:Convert	File:Lake mackay.jpg
4	Lake Neale	Saline	South-west		Template:Convert		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
5	Numby Numby	Sinkhole	Gulf of Carpentaria				File:Numby Numby sinkhole.jpg
6	Lake Sylvester	Freshwater ephemeral	Barkly Tableland		Template:Convert
7	Tarrabool Lake	Freshwater ephemeral	Barkly Tableland	Tarrabool Lake – Eva Downs Swamp System Important Bird Area; Register of the National Estate; DIWA	Template:Convert	File:Tarrabool lake.jpg
8	Lake Woods	Freshwater ephemeral	Barkly Tableland	Important Bird Area; Longreach Waterhole Protected Area (part)	Template:Convert	File:Tarrabool lake.jpg
9	Lake Lewis	Saline ephemeral

Queensland

Template:Stack The following is a list of prominent natural lakes and lagoons in Queensland:

Order	Name	Type	Region	Designation	Area		Image	Notes
					ha	acre
1	Lake Awoonga	Freshwater ephemeral	Central		6,750	16,700	File:View of Lake Awoonga.jpg
2	Lake Barrine	Volcanic	Far North	Atherton Tableland			File:Lakebarrinephoto.jpg
3	Blue Lake	Coastal	South East	North Stradbroke Island	500	1,236	File:Blue Lake.jpg
4	Boobera Lagoon	Freshwater ephemeral	South West
5	Lake Boomanjin	Perched	Fraser Island	Great Sandy National Park	200	494	File:Fraser Island Lake Boomanjin Reflections.jpg
6	Brown Lake	Coastal	South East	North Stradbroke Island			File:Brown Lake (North Stradbroke Island).JPG
7	Lake Broadwater	Coastal	South East
8	Lake Buchanan	Saline	North	Desert Uplands	11,700	28,911	File:Lake Buchanan (Queensland) satellite image.png
9	Lake Como	Coastal	South East
10	Lake Cooloola	Coastal	Wide-Bay
11	Lake Cooroibah	Coastal	South East				File:Lake Cooroibah, Cooroibah, Queensland.jpeg
12	Lake Cootharaba	Coastal	Wide-Bay	Great Sandy National Park			File:Cooloola Region - Great Sandy National Park (2016).jpg
13	Lake Dunn	Freshwater ephemeral	Central West				File:ISS057-E-99904 - View of Queensland.jpg
14	Lake Eacham	Volcanic	Far North	Atherton Tableland	42.9	106	File:Lake Eacham.jpg
15	Lake Elphinstone	Freshwater ephemeral	Central				File:Let's Go Fishing, Lake Elphinstone, Queensland, Australia, 29 June 2016.jpg
16	Lake Euramoo	Volcanic	Far North	Tablelands Region	4.4	11	File:Lake Euramoo.jpg
17	Lake Galilee	Saline	Central West		25,700	64,000	File:Parkinsonia at Lake Galilee (Qld).jpg
18	Lake McKenzie	Perched	Fraser Island	Great Sandy National Park	150	370	File:Fraser Island a05 lake mckenzie.jpg
19	Lake Nuga Nuga	Freshwater ephemeral	Central Highlands	Nuga Nuga National Park
20	Lake Weyba	Coastal	South East		960	2.372	File:Lake Weyba (2099873732).jpg
21	Lake Wabby	Perched	Fraser Island	Great Sandy National Park			File:Lake Wobby.JPG
22	Lake Yamma Yamma	Saline	South East	Channel Country

South Australia

Template:Stack The following is a list of prominent natural lakes and lagoons in South Australia:

Order	Name	Type	Region	Designation	Area		Image	Notes
					ha	acre
1	Lake Albert	Freshwater	Murray Mallee	Coorong and Lakes Alexandrina and Albert Wetland Ramsar site; Lakes Alexandrina and Albert Important Bird Area			File:MeningieLakeAlbert.JPG
2	Lake Alexandrina				Template:Convert	File:LowerLakes2004.jpg	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
3	Lake Blanche	Saline	Far North	Strzelecki Desert Lakes Important Bird Area
4	Blue Lake	Volcanic	Limestone Coast		Template:Convert	File:Blue Lake Water Colour.JPG	<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
5	Lake Bonney SE	Coastal	Limestone Coast	Canunda National Park	Template:Convert
6	Lake Bonney Riverland	Freshwater	Riverland				File:BarmeraLakeBonney.JPG
7	Lake Bumbunga	Saline	Mid North		Template:Convert	File:Lake Bumbunga salt lake at Lochiel, South Australia in 2010.jpg
8	Lake Cadibarrawirracanna	Saline	Mid North	Woomera Prohibited Area	Template:Convert		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
9	Lake Callabonna	Saline	Far North	Strzelecki Desert Lakes Important Bird Area	Template:Convert	File:NASA-Lake-Callabonna.jpg	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
10	Coongie Lakes	Wetlands	Far North	Ramsar Site; Innamincka Regional Reserve; Malkumba-Coongie Lakes National Park; Strzelecki Regional Reserve	Template:Convert	File:AustralianPelicansMcArthurRiverMouth.jpg	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
11	Lake Dey Dey	Saline	Far North
12	Lake Dutton	Saline	Far North
13	Kati Thanda–Lake Eyre	Saline endorheic	Far North	Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre National Park; Elliot Price Conservation Park	Template:Convert	File:Lake Eyre.jpg	<ref name="law">Template:Cite book</ref>
14	Lake Frome	Saline endorheic	Flinders Ranges	Lake Frome Regional Reserve	Template:Convert	File:LakeFrome.jpg
15	Lake Gairdner	Saline endorheic	Eyre Peninsula	Lake Gairdner National Park			File:Lake Gairdner.jpg
16	Lake Gilles	Saline	Eyre Peninsula	Lake Gilles Conservation Park
17	Goyder Lagoon	Ephemeral swamp	Far North
18	Lake Gregory	Saline	Far North
19	Lake Hart	Saline
20	Lake Hope	Saline ephemeral	Far North	Coongie Lakes wetland Ramsar Site	Template:Convert
21	Lake Miranda	Freshwater ephemeral
22	Seagull Lake	Saline ephemeral	Eyre Peninsula	Sceale Bay Conservation Park	Template:Convert
23	Serpentine Lakes	Saline	Great Victoria Desert	Mamungari Conservation Park	Template:Convert	File:Serpentine Lakes.JPG	<ref name="serpentine">Template:Cite web</ref>
24	Sleaford Mere	Saline endorheic	Eyre Peninsula	Sleaford Mere Conservation Park	Template:Convert
25	Lake Torrens	Saline ephemeral	Flinders Ranges	Lake Torrens National Park	Template:Convert	File:Stuart creek.jpg	<ref name="Warren">Template:Cite book</ref>
26	Valley Lake	Volcanic	Limestone Coast
27	Watervalley Wetlands	Contiguous wetlands	Murray Mallee		Template:Convert

Tasmania

Template:Stack The following is a list of prominent natural lakes and lagoons in Tasmania:

Order	Name	Type	Region	Designation	Area		Image	Notes
					ha	acre
1	Lake Beatrice	Freshwater	Western		Template:Convert		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2	Lake Dora	Freshwater	Western		Template:Convert		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
3	Dove Lake	Cirque freshwater	Central Highlands	Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park	Template:Convert	File:Dove-Lake from South-2008.jpg	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
4	Lake Dulverton	Freshwater ephemeral	Southern Midlands		Template:Convert		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
5	Lake Edgar	Fault scarp pond	South West	Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area	Template:Convert		<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
6	Lake Fidler	Meromictic	South West	Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area
7	Lake Flannigan	Freshwater	King Island	Game reserve (pending as at 2005)	Template:Convert	File:King Island Lake Flanagan.jpg
8	Great Lake	Freshwater	Central Highlands		Template:Convert	File:Great Lake, Tasmania.jpg	<ref name=ancold>Template:Cite web</ref>
9	Jocks Lagoon	Dystrophic lake	Central Northern	Ramsar site	Template:Convert		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
10	Little Waterhouse Lake	Freshwater coastal	North East	Ramsar Site	Template:Convert	File:Tomahawk aerial.jpg	<ref>Template:Cite webTemplate:Dead link</ref>
11	Lake Meston	Freshwater	Central Northern	Walls of Jerusalem National Park
12	Orielton Lagoon	Dystrophic coastal lagoon	South East Coast	Ramsar Site	Template:Convert	File:Limosa lapponica flock - Orielton Lagoon.jpg	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
13	Lake Selina	Glacial	West Coast
14	Lake St Clair	Freshwater	Central Highlands	Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park	Template:Convert	File:Lake St Clair sunset.jpg
15	Lake Westwood	Glacial	West Coast		Template:Convert		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Victoria

Template:Stack The following is a list of prominent natural lakes and lagoons in Victoria.

Order	Name	Type	Region	Designation	Area		Image	Notes
					ha	acre
1	Lake Batyo Catyo	Freshwater ephemeral			230	568
2	Lake Corangamite	Saline			23000	56834	File:View from Red Rock Victoria.jpg
3	Gippsland Lakes	Coastal					File:Gippsland Lakes.png
4	Lake Hindmarsh	Freshwater ephemeral	Wimmera		13500	33000
5	Mallacoota Inlet	Coastal
6	Murtnaghurt Lagoon	Saline			81	200
7	Lake Victoria	Coastal lake			139	340	File:Lake Victoria from Collendina.jpg
8	Lake Tali Karng	Freshwater	Alpine		14	35	File:Tali Karng.jpg
9	Pink Lake (Victoria)	Saline	Wimmera		45	111

Western Australia

Template:Stack Template:Main The following is a list of prominent natural lakes and lagoons in Western Australia:

Order	Name	Type	Region	Designation	Area		Image	Notes
					ha	acre
1	Angove Lake	Freshwater	Great Southern	Two Peoples Bay Nature Reserve	Template:Convert
2	Lake Anneen	Saline	Mid West		Template:Convert
3	Lake Baghdad	Saline	Rottnest Island
4	Lake Ballard	Saline ephemeral	Goldfields–Esperance		Template:Convert	File:Lake Ballard WA.jpg	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
5	Lake Barlee	Saline	Mid West		Template:Convert	File:Lake Barlee.jpg	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
6	Bibra Lake	Freshwater	Template:WAcity	Beeliar Regional Park
7	Lake Boonderoo	Freshwater	Goldfields-Esperance		Template:Convert
8	Booragoon Lake	Freshwater	Template:WAcity	Beeliar Regional Park				<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
9	Boyd Lagoon	Saline lagoon	Gibson Desert		Template:Convert		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
10	Lake Breaden	Saline	Gibson Desert		Template:Convert		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
11	Lake Bryde-East Lake Bryde	Freshwater wetland	Great Southern	Lake Bryde Nature Reserve	Template:Convert		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
12	Lake Burnside	Saline	Gibson Desert		Template:Convert		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
13	Lake Carey	Saline	Goldfields-Esperance
14	Lake Carnegie	Ephemeral	Goldfields-Esperance		Template:Convert	File:Lake carnegie.jpg	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
16	Lake Dora	Saline	Pilbara				File:Lake Dora, Western Australia satellite image.png
17	Dumbleyung Lake	Saline	Great Southern	Dumbleyung Lake Nature Reserve	Template:Convert	File:Dumbleyung Lake.jpg
18	Lake Dundas	Saline	Goldfields-Esperance
19	Forrestdale Lake	Brackish seasonal groundwater	Template:WAcity	Forrestdale Lake Nature Reserve; Forrestdale and Thomsons Lakes Ramsar Site	Template:Convert	File:Forrestdale Lake.jpg	<ref>Template:Cite bookTemplate:Dead link</ref>
20	Lake Gore	Seasonal freshwater	Goldfields-Esperance	Lake Gore Nature Reserve; Lake Gore Ramsar Site	Template:Convert		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
21	Lake Gregory	Seasonal freshwater	Kimberley	Paraku Indigenous Protected Area
22	Herdsman Lake	Freshwater	Template:WAcity	Herdsman Lake Regional Park	Template:Convert	File:Herdsman lake gnangarra.jpg	<ref>www.wagouldleague.com.au Template:Webarchive About Herdsman Lake Regional Park. Accessed 21 February 2005.</ref>
23	Lake Hillier	Saline	Goldfields-Esperance	Recherche Archipelago Nature Reserve	Template:Convert	File:Lake Hillier 2 Middle Island Recherche Archipelago NR IV-2011.JPG	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
24	Hutt Lagoon	Saline	Mid West				File:Hutt Lagoon, Western Australia.jpg
25	Lake Jasper	Freshwater	South West		Template:Convert		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
26	Lake Joondalup	Freshwater	Template:WAcity	Yellagonga Regional Park			File:Lake joondalup westward.JPG
27	Jualbup Lake	Freshwater	Template:WAcity	Shenton Park			File:Jualbup photo vegtiation1.JPG
15	Kumpupintil Lake	Saline endorheic	Pilbara		Template:Convert	File:Lake Disappointment Western Australia.jpg	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
28	Lake Lefroy	Saline ephemeral	Goldfields-Esperance
29	Lake Mackay	Saline	Great Sandy Desert		Template:Convert	File:Lake mackay.jpg	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
30	Lake McLarty	Freshwater	South West	Lake McLarty Nature Reserve; Peel-Yalgorup System Ramsar site
31	Lake Macleod	Freshwater	Gascoyne		Template:Convert	File:Lake macleod.jpg
32	Loch McNess	Freshwater	Template:WAcity	Yanchep National Park			File:Yanchep sunset.jpg	<ref>Predicting wetland water storage</ref>
33	Lake Magenta	Saline ephemeral	Wheatbelt	Lake Magenta Nature Reserve	Template:Convert		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
34	Lake Maitland	Dry saline	Mid West
35	Lake Monger	Freshwater	Template:WAcity	Lake Monger Reserve	Template:Convert
36	Lake Monginup	Freshwater	Goldfields-Esperance	Lake Monginup Nature Reserve	Template:Convert	File:Lake Monginup.jpg	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
37	Lake Muir	Freshwater	South West	Muir-Byenup System Ramsar Site	Template:Convert	File:Lakemuir.JPG	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
38	Lake Nabberu	Saline	Mid West		Template:Convert		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
39	Lake Newell		Goldfields-Esperance		Template:Convert		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
40	North Lake	Freshwater	Template:WAcity	Beeliar Regional Park
41	Perry Lakes	Freshwater	Template:WAcity	Perry Lakes Reserve	Template:Convert		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
42	Perth Wetlands	Wetlands	Template:WAcity	Herdsman Lake Regional Park
43	Pink Lake	Saline	Goldfields-Esperance		Template:Convert	File:Pink Lake Sunset.jpg	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
44	Lake Seppings	Freshwater	South West	Lake Seppings Nature Reserve			File:Lakeseppingmtclarence.jpg	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
45	Serpentine Lakes	Saline	Great Victoria Desert	Mamungari Conservation Park	Template:Convert	File:Serpentine Lakes.JPG	<ref name=serpentine />
46	Lake Shaster	Hypersaline	Goldfields-Esperance	Lake Shaster Nature Reserve	Template:Convert		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
47	Lake Thetis	Saline	Mid West
48	Thomsons Lake	Brackish seasonal groundwater	Template:WAcity	Thomsons Lake Nature Reserve; Forrestdale and Thomsons Lakes Ramsar Site	Template:Convert
49	Toolibin Lake	Perched freshwater	Wheatbelt	Toolibin Lake Nature Reserve; Toolibin Lake Ramsar Site	Template:Convert		<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
50	Lake Warden	Saline	Goldfields-Esperance	Lake Warden Nature Reserve	Template:Convert		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
51	Lake Way	Dry saline	Mid-West		Template:Convert		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
52	Lake Wooleen	Intermittent freshwater	Mid-West		Template:Convert

See also

• List of dams and reservoirs in Australia
• List of lagoons of Australia