Location Tasmania Max. length 2.1 km (1.3 mi) Length 2.1 km Shore length 6.6 km | Basin countries Australia Max. width 0.7 km (0.43 mi) Width 700 m Lake type Cirque | |
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Similar Cradle Mountain, Freycinet National Park, Barn Bluff, Devils@Cradle, Russell Falls | ||
Dove Lake is a corrie lake near Cradle Mountain in Tasmania, Australia. It lies in the Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park. The lake is a very popular visitor attraction and is encircled by well maintained walking paths which also lead up onto Cradle Mountain. It was named by prominent local Gustav Weindorfer after an official of the Van Diemen's Land Company.
Map of Dove Lake, Cradle Mountain TAS 7306, Australia
Like several other lakes in the region, Lake Dove was formed by glaciation. The habitat is unique and includes the Tasmanian deciduous beech (Nothofagus gunnii), tussock grasses, snow gums and pencil pines. Among animals wandering the shores of the lake are numerous wombats, echidnas, pademelons and tiger snakes.
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