Lake Disappointment

Salt lake

The Lake Disappointment ( German: " Lake of disappointment " ) is a large salt lake in Australia. It is located in the west of the Gibson Desert, 650 km south of Derby and can be reached on the Canning Stock Route or the Talawana track.

The salt lake, which was created 2500 years ago in a lowered floor, covering an area of ​​330 square kilometers and is 160 kilometers long. It is bounded on the north by the Rudall River National Park and the Hamersley Range in the west. The indigenous people of Australia, the Aborigines used the salt of the lake as table salt. The lake is surrounded by sand dunes and is visited by numerous water birds. Further facilities in this lake fish. In the Lake of the Rudall River flows.

Was discovered in the salt lake of Frank Hann in 1897, when he came in the eastern region of Pilbara. He followed the dry river valleys that led into the country, and thought that he would find a freshwater lake. To his disappointment, it was a salt lake and he named it after his personal experience in English Disappointment Lake.