Yeo Lake

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Yeo Lake
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Yeo Lake
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Yeo Lake
Location Goldfields-Esperance, Western Australia
Coordinates 27°58′12″S124°22′28″E / 27.97000°S 124.37444°E / -27.97000; 124.37444
Type Ephemeral
Basin  countriesAustralia
Max. length66 km (41 mi)
Max. width14 km (8.7 mi)
Surface elevation349 m (1,145 ft)
Yeo Lake

Yeo Lake is an ephemeral salt lake in the south of Western Australia, lying in the Great Victoria Desert east of Cosmo Newberry. [1] The Anne Beadell Highway runs along its southern margin, and the Great Central Road lies further to its north. Its surface elevation is 349 metres above mean sea-level. [2]

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Nature reserve

The Yeo Lake Nature Reserve is set aside for biological diversity in semi-arid and arid areas of Australia, and camping is permitted. The reserve covers the entire lake system. [3]

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References

  1. Australia’s Great Desert Tracks SW Sheet (Map). Eight Mile Plains Queensland: Hema Maps. 2005. ISBN   978-1-86500-161-6.
  2. Geoscience Australia elevation data portal
  3. "Parks & Wildlife Govt of Western Australia" . Retrieved 13 March 2017.