Blue Lake
The Blue Lake is one of only four cirque lakes found in mainland Australia. The other three, Cootapatamba, Albina, and Club, are shallower and are held entirely by terminal moraines.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mount Twynam.
Mount Twynam
Peak
Photo: John Wormell, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mount Twynam is a mountain located on the Main Range, part of the Great Dividing Range, in the Snowy Mountains in New South Wales, Australia. The mountain is located close the border between New South Wales and Victoria.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Charlotte Pass and Perisher.
Charlotte Pass
Photo: Pee Tern, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Charlotte Pass is a snow resort and village in the Snowy Mountains of New South Wales, Australia. The pass is in the Kosciuszko National Park where the Kosciuszko Road crosses Kangaroo Ridge.
Perisher
Photo: MDRX, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Perisher is New South Wales' and the Southern Hemisphere's largest ski resort. It's near the centre of Kosciuszko National Park in the Snowy Mountains.
Blue Lake
- Type: Lake
- Description: cirque lake in New South Wales, Australia
- Category: body of water
- Location: New South Wales, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude
-36.40386° or 36° 24′ 14″ southLongitude
148.31495° or 148° 18′ 54″ eastElevation
1,880 metres (6,168 feet)Open location code
4RMCH8W7+FXOpenStreetMap ID
way 29276122OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=lakeGeoNames ID
8210029Wikidata ID
Q4929321
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Satellite Map
Discover Blue Lake from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Blue Lake” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Blue Lake”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بحيره بلو (بحيره)”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بحيره بلو”
- Japanese: “ブルーレイク”
- Spanish: “Blue Lake (Australia)”
- Spanish: “Blue Lake”
- Swedish: “Blue Lake, New South Wales”
- Swedish: “Blue Lake”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Blue Lake lookout and Little Twynam.
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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”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.