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Lake Bullen Merri and its smaller northern neighbour Lake Gnotuk are a pair of crater lakes near Camperdown in south western Victoria, Australia.

Lake Bullen Merri
Lake Bullen Merri at sunset
Lake Bullen Merri Location in Victoria
Location	Southwest Victoria
Coordinates	38°15′06″S 143°06′15″E[1]
Type	Brackish crater lake
Basin countries	Australia
Average depth	60 m (200 ft)
Max. depth	66 m (217 ft)

Lake Bullen Merri has brackish water quality whereas Lake Gnotuk is hyper saline (twice as salty than seawater).

Lake Bullen Merri

Lake Bullen Merri has a maximum depth of 66 m (217 ft), with a clover leaf outline indicating that it was probably formed by two overlapping maar volcanoes. The lake is depicted in work by Eugene von Guerard.[2] The edge of the lake was marked by a stone in the late 1800s by James Dawson; from this and von Guerard's painting, it can be deduced that the level of the lake has dropped considerably in the last 100 years.[3] On the south side of the lake there is a yacht club and toilets. There is a boat ramp available for the boaties.

Lake Gnotuk

The smaller lake to the north of Lake Bullen Merri has a maximum depth of 20 m (66 ft). The two lakes are linked by an overflow channel in the common wall at an elevation of 175 m. There is a 19th-century record of water from Bullen Merri overflowing into Gnotuk.

The crater is 2 km across and although the lakes have the same level of their lake-beds, the level of water is lower in Gnotuk. Lake shore terraces indicate previous higher levels and lake floor sediments and fossils show a record of past fluctuations in salinity, water level and climate.[4]

There is no direct public access to the lake.

On the low-lying land between the two lakes is Camperdown's major sporting complex. There is an 18-hole golf course, two cricket ovals (one with a turf pitch), an extensive equestrian course, tennis courts and a bowling green.

See also

• List of lakes of Victoria
• List of volcanoes in Victoria

References

External links

• Lake Bullenmerrie, southwest of Camperdown., Three craters 3.2 km by 2.8 km are surrounded by a prominent tuff-ring. (Oblique aerial photo) Museum Victoria

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[de] Lake Bullen Merri

Der Lake Bullen Merri, auch Lake Bullenmerri geschrieben, ist ein Maar bei Camperdown in Victoria, Australien, das vor etwa 20.000 Jahren bei einem Vulkanausbruch entstand.[2] In geringer nördlicher Entfernung zum Lake Bullen Merri liegt der Lake Gnotuk, ein einzelnes kleines Maar, das 40 m tiefer liegt.

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