Waawor

Waawor is a lake in South Australia, Australia. Waawor is situated nearby to the locality Yahl, as well as near Moorak.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Blue Lake/Warwar and Mount Gambier.

Blue Lake/Warwar

Photo: Admella1859, Public domain.

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.

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 Waawor.

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 Waawor.

Waawor

Type: Lake
Category: body of water
Location: South Australia, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude

-37.84726° or 37° 50′ 50″ south

Longitude

140.77745° or 140° 46′ 39″ east

Elevation

24 metres (79 feet)

Open location code

4RJ25Q3G+3X

GeoNames ID

8211354

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Localities in the Area

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