Lake Wendouree
| Lake Wendouree | |
|---|---|
The lake pictured in 2006, looking towards central Ballarat and beyond to Mount Warrenheip | |
Location in Victoria | |
| Location | Ballarat, Victoria |
| Coordinates | 37°33′02″S 143°50′00″E / 37.55056°S 143.83333°E |
| Type | Artificial |
| Primary inflows | Gong Gong Reservoir; various |
| Primary outflows | Gnarr Creek outlet; evaporation |
| Basin countries | Australia |
| Max. length | 2 km (1.2 mi) |
| Max. width | 1.4 km (0.87 mi) |
| Surface area | 2.38 km2 (0.92 sq mi) |
| Average depth | 2 m (6 ft 7 in) |
| Water volume | 3,860 ML (850,000,000 imp gal; 1.02×109 US gal) |
| Shore length1 | 6 km (3.7 mi) |
| Surface elevation | 453 m (1,486 ft) |
| Settlements | Ballarat |
| 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. | |
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Lake Wendouree (/ˌwɛndəˈriː/) is an artificially created and maintained shallow urban lake located adjacent to the suburb of the same name in the city of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. The name Wendouree comes from a local Aboriginal word wendaaree which means 'go away': a story is told that when settler William Cross Yuille asked a local Indigenous woman what the name of the swamp was, that was her reply.