Yeo Lake Explained

Yeo Lake
Location:Goldfields-Esperance, Western Australia
Coords:-27.97°N 124.3744°W
Type:Ephemeral
Basin Countries:Australia
Length:66km (41miles)
Width:14km (09miles)
Elevation:349m (1,145feet)
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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]

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]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Australia’s Great Desert Tracks SW Sheet. 2005 . Hema Maps. Eight Mile Plains Queensland. 978-1-86500-161-6.
  2. http://www.ga.gov.au/elvis/ Geoscience Australia elevation data portal
  3. Web site: Parks & Wildlife Govt of Western Australia. 13 March 2017.