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Lake Baghdad

Coordinates: 31°59′46″S 115°31′03″E / 31.9961°S 115.5174°E / -31.9961; 115.5174
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Lake Baghdad
Lake Baghdad is located in Western Australia
Lake Baghdad
Lake Baghdad
LocationRottnest Island, Western Australia
Coordinates31°59′46″S 115°31′03″E / 31.9961°S 115.5174°E / -31.9961; 115.5174
TypeSalt lake
Basin countriesAustralia
Max. length1.29 km (0.80 mi)
Max. width0.71 km (0.44 mi)
Islands2 islets
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Lake Baghdad is a salt lake on Rottnest Island.

Lake Baghdad is one of a collection of salt lakes on Rottnest Island, Western Australia.[1]

Ten percent of the area of Rottnest Island is taken up by salt lakes with Lake Baghdad, Herschel Lake, Garden Lake, Government House Lake and others being permanent and having their own surrounding beaches.[2]

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References

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  1. ^ Reilly, Simon (1923), Lake Baghdad, Rottnest, Easter 1923, retrieved 17 December 2011
  2. ^ "Natural history - The island with a thousand stories". Rottnest Island Authority. Retrieved 26 October 2019.