Lake Macquarie
Lake Macquarie is Australia's largest coastal lake. Located in the City of Lake Macquarie and Central Coast Council local government areas in the Hunter and Central Coast regions of New South Wales, Australia, it covers an area of 110 square kilometres and is connected to the Tasman Sea by a short channel.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Tim Starling, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Swansea and Toronto.
Swansea
Suburb
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Lake Macquarie is a satellite city of Newcastle with the largest permanent saltwater lake in the Southern Hemisphere. It is a contemporary coastal city and natural adventure playground. Swansea is situated 4 km southeast of Lake Macquarie.
Toronto
Suburb
Toronto is a lakeside suburb within the City of Lake Macquarie, Greater Newcastle in New South Wales, Australia, approximately 28 kilometres from Newcastle's central business district and is a commercial hub for the sprawling suburbs on the western shore of the lake. Toronto is situated 6 km north of Lake Macquarie.
Swansea Heads
Suburb
Swansea Heads is a locality on the Swansea peninsula between Lake Macquarie and the Pacific Ocean in New South Wales, Australia. It is part of Greater Newcastle, City of Lake Macquarie local government area. Swansea Heads is situated 6 km southeast of Lake Macquarie.
Lake Macquarie
- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in Australia
- Categories: estuary and body of water
- Location: New South Wales, Australia, Oceania
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Lake Macquarie” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Lake Macquarie”
- French: “lac Macquarie”
- French: “Lac Macquarie”
- French: “Lake Macquarie”
- Hebrew: “אגם מאקורי (ניו סאות‘ ויילס)”
- Hebrew: “אגם מקווארי (ניו סאות‘ ויילס)”
- Hebrew: “אגם מקווארי”
- Hebrew: “לייק מקווארי, ניו סאות‘ ויילס”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Lake Macquarie”
- Spanish: “Lago Macquarie (Nueva Gales del Sur)”
- Spanish: “Lago Macquarie”
- Swedish: “Lake Macquarie”
- Ukrainian: “Маккуорі (озеро)”
- Ukrainian: “Маккуорі”
- Welsh: “Llyn Macquarie”
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Localities in the Area
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