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Lake Selina

Coordinates: 41°52′43″S 145°36′29″E / 41.87861°S 145.60806°E / -41.87861; 145.60806
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Lake Selina
Lake Selina is located in Tasmania
Lake Selina
Lake Selina
Location in Tasmania
LocationWest Coast, Tasmania
Coordinates41°52′43″S 145°36′29″E / 41.87861°S 145.60806°E / -41.87861; 145.60806
TypeNatural glacial lake
Primary inflowsWest Coast Range
Basin countriesAustralia
Surface elevation516 m (1,693 ft) AHD

Lake Selina is a natural glacial lake located to the east of Mount Read, in the West Coast Range, on the west coast of Tasmania, Australia.

Its location and conditions have led it be a location of research into Pleistocene and Holocene environments.[1][2]

It has an estimated surface area of 185,000 square meters and is located close to the Anthony Road B28 that travels between Tullah and Queenstown.[3]

From the east, Lake Selina with an elevation of 516 metres (1,693 ft) AHD is the furthest east adjacent to Anthony Road; then Lake Westwood, and then Lake Julia with the elevation of 619 metres (2,031 ft); with Mount Julia to the west at 827 metres (2,713 ft) AHD.

See also

References

  1. ^ Colhoun, Eric A.; Polaa, Jeremy S.; Bartonb, Charles E.; Heijnisc, Henk (June 1999). "Late Pleistocene vegetation and climate history of Lake Selina, Western Tasmania". Quaternary International. 57–58: 5–23. doi:10.1016/s1040-6182(98)00046-9.
  2. ^ Mackenzie, L. L.; Moss, P. T.; Petherick, L. M.; Marx, S. K. (7–12 December 2008). "Late Holocene vegetation and environments of Lake Selina, Western Tasmania". Australasian Quaternary Association Biennial Conference. 17. Victor Harbour, Australia.
  3. ^ "Tullah Online Access Centre". Archived from the original on 12 March 2011. Retrieved 5 October 2010.

Further reading

  • Whitham, Charles (2003). Western Tasmania - A land of riches and beauty (Reprint 2003 ed.). Queenstown: Municipality of Queenstown.


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