Blue Lake/Warwar
Blue Lake / Warwar is a large, monomictic, crater lake located in a dormant volcanic maar associated with the Mount Gambier maar complex. The lake is situated near Mount Gambier in the Limestone Coast region of South Australia, and is one of four volcanic crater lakes originally on Mount Gambier maar.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Admella1859, Public domain.
- Type: Body of water
- Description: large monomictic lake in Mount Gambier, South Australia
- Also known as: “Blue Lake” and “Waawor”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mount Gambier and Engelbrecht Cave.
Mount Gambier
Peak
Photo: Diceman, Public domain.
Mount Gambier, also known as Berrin, is a maar complex in South Australia associated with the Newer Volcanics Province. The complex contains four maars, the most well-known one of which is Blue Lake / Warwar.
Engelbrecht Cave
Cave
Photo: Satellizer, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Engelbrecht Cave is a cave system in the Australian state of South Australia consisting of a sinkhole with two major passages located under the Mount Gambier urban area. Engelbrecht Cave is situated 3 km north of Blue Lake/Warwar.
Grant High School
School
Grant High School is a public secondary school situated in Mount Gambier, South Australia.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mount Gambier and Worrolong.
Mount Gambier
Photo: Roo72, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mount Gambier is the second largest city in South Australia with a population of 33,233, midway between Adelaide and Melbourne and 15 km west of the Victorian border.
Worrolong
Suburb
Worrolong is a north-eastern suburb of Mount Gambier. Most of the suburb is in the District Council of Grant. A small portion of the southwest including the Mount Gambier Golf Course is in the City of Mount Gambier. Worrolong is situated 8 km northeast of Blue Lake/Warwar.
Blue Lake/Warwar
- Category: volcanic crater lake
- Location: South Australia, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude
-37.84716° or 37° 50′ 50″ southLongitude
140.7779° or 140° 46′ 41″ eastElevation
24 metres (79 feet)Open location code
4RJ25Q3H+45OpenStreetMap ID
way 41711837OpenStreetMap feature
natural=water
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Blue Lake/Warwar” goes by many names.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Blue Lake/Warwar”. Photo: Admella1859, Public domain.