Lake Baghdad

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Lake Baghdad
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Lake Baghdad
Location Rottnest Island, Western Australia
Coordinates 31°59′46″S115°31′03″E / 31.9961°S 115.5174°E / -31.9961; 115.5174 Coordinates: 31°59′46″S115°31′03″E / 31.9961°S 115.5174°E / -31.9961; 115.5174
Type Salt lake
Basin  countriesAustralia
Max. length1.29 km (0.80 mi)
Max. width0.71 km (0.44 mi)
Islands 2 islets
Lake Baghdad
Lake Baghdad is a salt lake on Rottnest Island.

Lake Baghdad is one of a collection of salt lakes on Rottnest Island, Western Australia. [1]

Ten percent of the area of Rottnest Island is taken up by salt lakes with Lake Baghdad, Herschel Lake, Garden Lake, Government House Lake and others being permanent and having their own surrounding beaches. [2]

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References

  1. Reilly, Simon (1923), Lake Baghdad, Rottnest, Easter 1923 , retrieved 17 December 2011
  2. "Natural history - The island with a thousand stories". Rottnest Island Authority. Retrieved 26 October 2019.