Lake Gairdner

Salt Lake, temporary lake

Lake Gairdner is a large salt lake in South Australia. He is regarded as the fourth largest salt lake in Australia and is part of the Lake Gairdner National Park.

The lake is over 160 km long, up to 48 km wide and covers an area of about 4350 km ². His salt layer is up to 1.2 m thick. The lake is located about 150 km north- west of Port Augusta and 450 km north-west of Adelaide. The lake is sometimes also used to achieve speed records for land vehicles.

The Governor of the State of South Australia, Richard MacDonnell gave the lake its name in 1857 in memory of Gordon Gairdner, a senior official of the Australian Division in the colonial administration.

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