Type meromictic Area 99 ha Surface elevation 0 cm | Basin countries Canada Length 4 km Width 2 km | |
Location Gatineau Park, Gatineau, Quebec Similar Lake Hillier, Lake Retba, Hutt Lagoon, Cape Le Grand National, Kalbarri National Park | ||
Weird places australia s bright pink lake
Pink Lake is a meromictic lake located in Gatineau Park, Quebec, Canada. The surface of the waters are a deep green during the month of August and September due to the abundance of algae in the water. The lake is in danger of eutrophication due to human activities. Park management forbids swimming in the lake, walking domestic animals near it, straying from the wooden boardwalk for sight-seers, and throwing stones into the lake. The bottom of the lake has no oxygen and it is believed it has some prehistoric species living in those area.
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- Weird places australia s bright pink lake
- Map of Pink Lake WA 6450 Australia
- Lake hillier pink lake western australia
- HistoryEdit
- PropertiesEdit
- Popular CultureEdit
- References
Map of Pink Lake, WA 6450, Australia
Lake hillier pink lake western australia
HistoryEdit
Pink Lake is named after a family of Irish settlers who in 1826 cleared a farm in the area. It used to be a salt water lake as a part of the oceans. It took over 3000 years for the lake to turn from salt water to fresh water (generally a lake of this size shouldn't take over a few decades) and as a result some of the salt water fishes adapted to fresh water.
PropertiesEdit
Due to the meromictic properties of Pink Lake there are ancient forms of bacteria which use sulfur instead of oxygen to perform photosynthesis. These bacteria form a layer about 7 metres from the bottom to avoid the oxygenated water and maximize sunlight exposure.
Pink Lake also has a desalinized variant of the three-spined stickleback fish.
In 2006, research was in progress to identify the patterns of atmospheric conditions over the past 10,000 years by examining the annual deposits of sediment in Pink Lake.
Popular CultureEdit
Pink Lake plays a symbolic role in the novel Wash This Blood Clean From My Hand by Fred Vargas.