Location Southwest Victoria Basin countries Australia Max depth 66 m Mean depth 60 m | Type Brackish crater lake Average depth 60 metres (200 ft) Surface elevation 80 m | |
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Similar Lake Purrumbete, Mount Leura, Mount Noorat, Mount Porndon, Mount Elephant | ||
Lake Bullen Merri is a brackish crater lake near Camperdown in southwestern Victoria, Australia.
Map of Lake Bullen Merri, Camperdown VIC 3260, Australia
The lake has a maximum depth of 66 metres (217 ft), with a clover leaf outline indicating that it was probably formed by two overlapping maar volcanoes. The lake is depicted in beautiful work by Eugene von Guerard. The edge of the lake was marked by a stone in the late 1800s by James Dawson; from this and von Guerard's painting it is obvious that the level of the lake has dropped considerably in the last 100 years.
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