St Leonards Salt Lagoon

38°09′32″S 144°42′40″E / 38.15889°S 144.71111°E / -38.15889; 144.71111TypeHypersaline, ephemeralCatchment areaLocalBasin countriesAustraliaSurface area50 hectares (120 acres)Surface elevation0 m (0 ft) AHD 

St Leonards Salt Lagoon is a former marine embayment, isolated by coastal deposition from Port Phillip Bay, at St Leonards, Victoria, Australia. It now forms a shallow and hypersaline lake, of about 50 hectares (120 acres), which is often dry. It is a Victorian Nature Reserve.[1]

References

  1. ^ Victorian Respurces Online: St Leonards Lagoon
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