Lake Victoria (Victoria)

Lake Victoria is a 139-hectare (340-acre) shallow saline lake on the Bellarine Peninsula, Victoria in Australia, close to the township of Point Lonsdale and part of the Lonsdale Lakes Nature Reserve administered by Parks Victoria.[2]

This article is about the lake on the Bellarine Peninsula. For Lake Victoria in Gippsland, see Gippsland Lakes.

Lake Victoria
View of lake from the west
Lake Victoria
Location in Victoria
LocationBellarine Peninsula, Victoria
Coordinates38°16′22″S 144°35′21″E[1]
TypeSaline
Basin countriesAustralia
Surface area139 ha (340 acres)
References[2]

Location and features

The lake is separated from Bass Strait by a narrow strip of coastal dunes. It forms part of the Swan Bay wetland system of shallow marine areas and lagoons, and is an important wetland for waterbirds and waders.[3]

The site is part of the Swan Bay and Port Phillip Bay Islands Important Bird Area, identified as such by BirdLife International.[4] Birds of conservation significance for which the lake and its surrounds are important include the hooded plover, little egret and orange-bellied parrot. It sometimes holds internationally significant numbers of red-necked stints and banded stilts.[5]

Plant communities consist of salt tolerant species typical of coastal dune woodland and saltmarsh in the region.[6] Woodland and tall shrubland along the southern lakeshore mainly consist of Moonah Melaleuca lanceolata, a species that is listed as threatened in Victoria under the Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act.[6]

See also

References
  1. "Lake Victoria". Vicnames. Government of Victoria. 2 May 1966. Archived from the original on 4 June 2014. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
  2. "Map of Lake Victoria, VIC". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  3. Hewish, M.J. (2003). Fauna values of three sub-coastal wetlands on the Bellarine Peninsula: Lake Victoria, Freshwater Lake and St Leonards Salt Lagoon. Parks Victoria Technical Series No.10. Parks Victoria: Melbourne. ISSN 1448-4935
  4. "IBA: Swan Bay and Port Phillip Bay Islands". Birdata. Birds Australia. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 26 October 2011.
  5. Hewish, Marilyn. (2003). The waterbirds of Lake Victoria, a sub-coastal wetland on the Bellarine Peninsula. Geelong Bird Report 2002: 73-110.
  6. "Wetland Wanderings - Lake Victoria". City of Greater Geelong. Retrieved 25 March 2018.


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