# List of lakes of Australia

Natural freshwater lakes in Australia are rare due to the general absence of glacial and tectonic activity in Australia.

## Types

Most lakes in Australia fall within one of five categories. Excluding lakes and lagoons created by man-made dams for water storage and other purposes, one can identify the following:
* coastal lakes and lagoons including perched lakes;
* natural freshwater inland lakes, often ephemeral and some part of wetland or swamp areas;
* the Main Range containing mainland Australia's five glacial lakes. In Tasmania, due to glaciation, there are a large number of natural freshwater lakes on the central plateau, many of which have been enlarged or modified by hydro-electric developments;
* predominantly dry, salt lakes in the flat desert regions of the country lacking organised drainage; and
* lakes created in volcanic remnants.

## List of lakes and lagoons by state and territory
### Australian Antarctic Territory

The following is a list of prominent natural lakes and lagoons in the sector of Antarctica claimed by Australia as the Australian Antarctic Territory:
| Order | Name | Type | Region | Designation | Area | Area | Image | Notes |
| Order | Name | Type | Region | Designation | ha | acre | Image | Notes |
| 1 | Braunsteffer Lake | Glacial | Princess Elizabeth Land | | 0.0769 | 0.19 | | |
| 2 | Club Lake | Glacial | Princess Elizabeth Land | | | | | |
| 3 | Collerson Lake | Glacial | Princess Elizabeth Land | | | | | |
| 4 | Dingle Lake | Glacial | Princess Elizabeth Land | | 68 | 168 | | |
| 5 | Krok Lake | Glacial | Princess Elizabeth Land | | | | | |
| 6 | Station Tarn | Glacial | Princess Elizabeth Land | | | | | |
| 7 | Stinear Lake | Glacial | Princess Elizabeth Land | | | | | |
| 8 | Lake Vereteno | Glacial | Princess Elizabeth Land | | | | | |
| 9 | Lake Zvezda | Glacial | Princess Elizabeth Land | | | | | |

### Australian Capital Territory

In the Australian Capital Territory there are no prominent naturally-formed lakes and lagoons. Artificial lakes include Bendora Dam, Cotter Dam, Corin Dam, Lake Burley Griffin, Lake Ginninderra, Lake Tuggeranong, and Stranger Pond.

### New South Wales

The following is a list of prominent natural lakes and lagoons in New South Wales:
| Order | Name | Type | Region | Designation | Area | Area | Image | Notes |
| Order | Name | Type | Region | Designation | ha | acre | Image | Notes |
| 1 | Lake Albina | Glacial | Snowy Mountains | Kosciuszko National Park;Australian Alps National Parks and Reserves | 0.66 | 2 | | |
| 2 | Avoca Lake | Coastal | Central Coast | | 70 | 173 | | |
| 3 | Lake Bathurst | Freshwater ephemeral | Southern Tablelands | | 10 | 25 | | |
| 4 | Blue Lake | Freshwater ephemeral; Glacial | Snowy Mountains | Kosciuszko National Park;Australian Alps National Parks and Reserves;Ramsar site | 16 | 40 | | |
| 5 | Budgewoi Lake | Coastal | Central Coast | | 1,400 | 3,459 | | |
| 6 | Lake Cathie | Coastal | | | | | | |
| 7 | Chipping Norton Lake | Freshwater ephemeral | Greater Sydney | | | | | |
| 8 | Lake Cootapatamba | Glacial | Snowy Mountains | | | | | |
| 9 | Lake Cowal | Freshwater ephemeral | Central West | | | | | |
| 10 | Dee Why Lagoon | Coastal lagoon | Northern Beaches | | | | | |
| 11 | Lake George | Freshwater ephemeral | Southern Tablelands | | | | | |
| 12 | Glenbrook Lagoon | Freshwater ephemeral | Blue Mountains | | | | | |
| 13 | Glenrock Lagoon | Coastal lagoon | | | | | | |
| 14 | Headley Tarn | Glacial | | | | | | |
| 15 | Lake Illawarra | Coastal | Illawarra | | | | | |
| 16 | Lake Macquarie | Coastal | Hunter | | | | | |
| 17 | Menindee Lakes | Freshwater ephemeral | Far West | | | | | |
| 18 | Lake Moore | Freshwater ephemeral | | | | | | |
| 19 | Lake Mungo | Saline | Far West | | | | | |
| 20 | Lake Munmorah | Coastal | Central Coast | | | | | |
| 21 | Myall Lakes | Coastal | Mid North Coast | | | | | |
| 22 | Narrabeen Lagoon | Coastal | Northern Beaches | | 220 | 544 | | |
| 23 | Narran Lakes | Freshwater ephemeral | | | | | | |
| 24 | Smiths Lake | Coastal | Mid North Coast | | | | | |
| 25 | St Georges Basin | Coastal | South Coast / Jervis Bay Territory | | | | | |
| 26 | Tabourie Lake | Coastal | Mid North Coast | | | | | |
| 27 | Terrigal Lagoon | Coastal lagoon | Central Coast | | | | | |
| 28 | Tuggerah Lake | Coastal | Central Coast | | | | | |
| 29 | Lake Urana | Saline | Far West | | | | | |
| 30 | Wallaga Lake | Freshwater ephemeral | | | | | | |
| 31 | Wallis Lake | Coastal | Mid North Coast | | | | | |
| 32 | Wamberal Lagoon | Coastal lagoon | Central Coast | | | | | |
| 33 | Wattle Grove Lake | Freshwater ephemeral | | | | | | |
| 34 | Willandra Lakes | Saline | Far West | | | | | |
| 35 | Lake Wollumboola | Coastal | Mid North Coast | | | | | |
| 36 | Wonboyn Lake | Coastal | Mid North Coast | | | | | |
| 37 | Lake Woytchugga | Freshwater ephemeral | | | | | | |
| 38 | Peery Lake | Freshwater ephemeral | Far West | Ramsar | 5,026 | 12,420 | | |

### Northern Territory

The following is a list of prominent natural lakes and lagoons in the Northern Territory:
| Order | Name | Type | Region | Designation | Area | Area | Image | Notes |
| Order | Name | Type | Region | Designation | ha | acre | Image | Notes |
| 1 | Lake Amadeus | Saline | South-west | | 103,200 | 255,013 | | |
| 2 | Corella Lake | Freshwater ephemeral | | | | | | |
| 3 | Lake Mackay | Saline | Great Sandy Desert; Gibson Desert; Tanami Desert | | 349,400 | 863,386 | | |
| 4 | Lake Neale | Saline | South-west | | 30,000 | 74,132 | | |
| 5 | Numby Numby | Sinkhole | Gulf of Carpentaria | | | | | |
| 6 | Lake Sylvester | Freshwater ephemeral | Barkly Tableland | | 200,000 | 494,211 | | |
| 7 | Tarrabool Lake | Freshwater ephemeral | Barkly Tableland | Tarrabool Lake – Eva Downs Swamp System Important Bird Area; Register of the National Estate; DIWA | 118,600 | 293,067 | | |
| 8 | Lake Woods | Freshwater ephemeral | Barkly Tableland | Important Bird Area; Longreach Waterhole Protected Area (part) | 118,600 | 293,067 | | |
| 9 | Lake Lewis | Saline ephemeral | | | | | | |

### Queensland

The following is a list of prominent natural lakes and lagoons in Queensland:
| Order | Name | Type | Region | Designation | Area | Area | Image | Notes |
| Order | Name | Type | Region | Designation | ha | acre | Image | Notes |
| 1 | Lake Awoonga | Freshwater ephemeral | Central | | 6,750 | 16,700 | | |
| 2 | Lake Barrine | Volcanic | Far North | Atherton Tableland | | | | |
| 3 | Blue Lake | Coastal | South East | North Stradbroke Island | 500 | 1,236 | | |
| 4 | Boobera Lagoon | Freshwater ephemeral | South West | | | | | |
| 5 | Lake Boomanjin | Perched | Fraser Island | Great Sandy National Park | 200 | 494 | | |
| 6 | Brown Lake | Coastal | South East | North Stradbroke Island | | | | |
| 7 | Lake Broadwater | Coastal | South East | | | | | |
| 8 | Lake Buchanan | Saline | North | Desert Uplands | 11,700 | 28,911 | | |
| 9 | Lake Como | Coastal | South East | | | | | |
| 10 | Lake Cooloola | Coastal | Wide-Bay | | | | | |
| 11 | Lake Cooroibah | Coastal | South East | | | | | |
| 12 | Lake Cootharaba | Coastal | Wide-Bay | Great Sandy National Park | | | | |
| 13 | Lake Dunn | Freshwater ephemeral | Central West | | | | | |
| 14 | Lake Eacham | Volcanic | Far North | Atherton Tableland | 42.9 | 106 | | |
| 15 | Lake Elphinstone | Freshwater ephemeral | Central | | | | | |
| 16 | Lake Euramoo | Volcanic | Far North | Tablelands Region | 4.4 | 11 | | |
| 17 | Lake Galilee | Saline | Central West | | 25,700 | 64,000 | | |
| 18 | Lake McKenzie | Perched | Fraser Island | Great Sandy National Park | 150 | 370 | | |
| 19 | Lake Nuga Nuga | Freshwater ephemeral | Central Highlands | Nuga Nuga National Park | | | | |
| 20 | Lake Weyba | Coastal | South East | | 960 | 2.372 | | |
| 21 | Lake Wabby | Perched | Fraser Island | Great Sandy National Park | | | | |
| 22 | Lake Yamma Yamma | Saline | South East | Channel Country | | | | |

### South Australia

The following is a list of prominent natural lakes and lagoons in South Australia:
| Order | Name | Type | Region | Designation | Area | Area | Image | Notes |
| Order | Name | Type | Region | Designation | ha | acre | Image | Notes |
| 1 | Lake Albert | Freshwater | Murray Mallee | Coorong and Lakes Alexandrina and Albert Wetland Ramsar site; Lakes Alexandrina and Albert Important Bird Area | | | | |
| 2 | Lake Alexandrina | Freshwater | Murray Mallee | Coorong and Lakes Alexandrina and Albert Wetland Ramsar site; Lakes Alexandrina and Albert Important Bird Area | 64,900 | 160,371 | | |
| 3 | Lake Blanche | Saline | Far North | Strzelecki Desert Lakes Important Bird Area | | | | |
| 4 | Blue Lake | Volcanic | Limestone Coast | | 70 | 173 | | |
| 5 | Lake Bonney SE | Coastal | Limestone Coast | Canunda National Park | 5,056 | 12,494 | | |
| 6 | Lake Bonney Riverland | Freshwater | Riverland | | | | | |
| 7 | Lake Bumbunga | Saline | Mid North | | 1,388 | 3,430 | | |
| 8 | Lake Cadibarrawirracanna | Saline | Mid North | Woomera Prohibited Area | 6,000 | 14,826 | | |
| 9 | Lake Callabonna | Saline | Far North | Strzelecki Desert Lakes Important Bird Area | 16,000 | 39,537 | | |
| 10 | Coongie Lakes | Wetlands | Far North | Ramsar Site; Innamincka Regional Reserve; Malkumba-Coongie Lakes National Park; Strzelecki Regional Reserve | 2,179,000 | 5,384,426 | | |
| 11 | Lake Dey Dey | Saline | Far North | | | | | |
| 12 | Lake Dutton | Saline | Far North | | | | | |
| 13 | Kati Thanda–Lake Eyre | Saline endorheic | Far North | Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre National Park; Elliot Price Conservation Park | 950,000 | 2,347,501 | | |
| 14 | Lake Frome | Saline endorheic | Flinders Ranges | Lake Frome Regional Reserve | 259,615 | 641,523 | | |
| 15 | Lake Gairdner | Saline endorheic | Eyre Peninsula | Lake Gairdner National Park | | | | |
| 16 | Lake Gilles | Saline | Eyre Peninsula | Lake Gilles Conservation Park | | | | |
| 17 | Goyder Lagoon | Ephemeral swamp | Far North | | | | | |
| 18 | Lake Gregory | Saline | Far North | | | | | |
| 19 | Lake Hart | Saline | | | | | | |
| 20 | Lake Hope | Saline ephemeral | Far North | Coongie Lakes wetland Ramsar Site | 3,600 | 8,896 | | |
| 21 | Lake Miranda | Freshwater ephemeral | | | | | | |
| 22 | Seagull Lake | Saline ephemeral | Eyre Peninsula | Sceale Bay Conservation Park | 88 | 217 | | |
| 23 | Serpentine Lakes | Saline | Great Victoria Desert | Mamungari Conservation Park | 9,700 | 23,969 | | |
| 24 | Sleaford Mere | Saline endorheic | Eyre Peninsula | Sleaford Mere Conservation Park | 707 | 1,747 | | |
| 25 | Lake Torrens | Saline ephemeral | Flinders Ranges | Lake Torrens National Park | 574,500 | 1,419,620 | | |
| 26 | Valley Lake | Volcanic | Limestone Coast | | | | | |
| 27 | Watervalley Wetlands | Contiguous wetlands | Murray Mallee | | 13,100 | 32,371 | | |

### Tasmania

The following is a list of prominent natural lakes and lagoons in Tasmania:
| Order | Name | Type | Region | Designation | Area | Area | Image | Notes |
| Order | Name | Type | Region | Designation | ha | acre | Image | Notes |
| 1 | Lake Beatrice | Freshwater | Western | | 55 | 136 | | |
| 2 | Lake Dora | Freshwater | Western | | 48 | 119 | | |
| 3 | Dove Lake | Cirque freshwater | Central Highlands | Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park | 86 | 213 | | |
| 4 | Lake Dulverton | Freshwater ephemeral | Southern Midlands | | 230 | 568 | | |
| 5 | Lake Edgar | Fault scarp pond | South West | Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area | 147 | 363 | | |
| 6 | Lake Fidler | Meromictic | South West | Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area | | | | |
| 7 | Lake Flannigan | Freshwater | King Island | Game reserve (pending as at 2005) | 150 | 371 | | |
| 8 | Great Lake | Freshwater | Central Highlands | | 17,600 | 43,491 | | |
| 9 | Jocks Lagoon | Dystrophic lake | Central Northern | Ramsar site | 18 | 44 | | |
| 10 | Little Waterhouse Lake | Freshwater coastal | North East | Ramsar Site | 10 | 25 | | |
| 11 | Lake Meston | Freshwater | Central Northern | Walls of Jerusalem National Park | | | | |
| 12 | Orielton Lagoon | Dystrophic coastal lagoon | South East Coast | Ramsar Site | 3,334 | 8,240 | | |
| 13 | Lake Selina | Glacial | West Coast | | | | | |
| 14 | Lake St Clair | Freshwater | Central Highlands | Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park | 4,500 | 11,120 | | |
| 15 | Lake Westwood | Glacial | West Coast | | 35 | 86 | | |

### Victoria

The following is a list of prominent natural lakes and lagoons in Victoria.
| Order | Name | Type | Region | Designation | Area | Area | Image | Notes |
| Order | Name | Type | Region | Designation | ha | acre | Image | Notes |
| 1 | Lake Batyo Catyo | Freshwater ephemeral | | | 230 | 568 | | |
| 2 | Lake Corangamite | Saline | | | 23000 | 56834 | | |
| 3 | Gippsland Lakes | Coastal | | | | | | |
| 4 | Lake Hindmarsh | Freshwater ephemeral | Wimmera | | 13500 | 33000 | | |
| 5 | Mallacoota Inlet | Coastal | | | | | | |
| 6 | Murtnaghurt Lagoon | Saline | | | 81 | 200 | | |
| 7 | Lake Victoria | Coastal lake | | | 139 | 340 | | |
| 8 | Lake Tali Karng | Freshwater | Alpine | | 14 | 35 | | |
| 9 | Pink Lake (Victoria) | Saline | Wimmera | | 45 | 111 | | |

### Western Australia

The following is a list of prominent natural lakes and lagoons in Western Australia:
| Order | Name | Type | Region | Designation | Area | Area | Image | Notes |
| Order | Name | Type | Region | Designation | ha | acre | Image | Notes |
| 1 | Angove Lake | Freshwater | Great Southern | Two Peoples Bay Nature Reserve | 33 | 82 | | |
| 2 | Lake Anneen | Saline | Mid West | | 12,000 | 29,653 | | |
| 3 | Lake Baghdad | Saline | Rottnest Island | | | | | |
| 4 | Lake Ballard | Saline ephemeral | Goldfields–Esperance | | 4,900 | 12,108 | | |
| 5 | Lake Barlee | Saline | Mid West | | 198,000 | 489,269 | | |
| 6 | Bibra Lake | Freshwater | Perth | Beeliar Regional Park | | | | |
| 7 | Lake Boonderoo | Freshwater | Goldfields-Esperance | | 2,500 | 6,178 | | |
| 8 | Booragoon Lake | Freshwater | Perth | Beeliar Regional Park | | | | |
| 9 | Boyd Lagoon | Saline lagoon | Gibson Desert | | 870 | 2,150 | | |
| 10 | Lake Breaden | Saline | Gibson Desert | | 2,600 | 6,425 | | |
| 11 | Lake Bryde-East Lake Bryde | Freshwater wetland | Great Southern | Lake Bryde Nature Reserve | 1,900 | 4,695 | | |
| 12 | Lake Burnside | Saline | Gibson Desert | | 42,000 | 103,784 | | |
| 13 | Lake Carey | Saline | Goldfields-Esperance | | | | | |
| 14 | Lake Carnegie | Ephemeral | Goldfields-Esperance | | 571,400 | 1,411,960 | | |
| 16 | Lake Dora | Saline | Pilbara | | | | | |
| 17 | Dumbleyung Lake | Saline | Great Southern | Dumbleyung Lake Nature Reserve | 5,200 | 12,849 | | |
| 18 | Lake Dundas | Saline | Goldfields-Esperance | | | | | |
| 19 | Forrestdale Lake | Brackish seasonal groundwater | Perth | Forrestdale Lake Nature Reserve; Forrestdale and Thomsons Lakes Ramsar Site | 245 | 605 | | |
| 20 | Lake Gore | Seasonal freshwater | Goldfields-Esperance | Lake Gore Nature Reserve; Lake Gore Ramsar Site | 740 | 1,829 | | |
| 21 | Lake Gregory | Seasonal freshwater | Kimberley | Paraku Indigenous Protected Area | | | | |
| 22 | Herdsman Lake | Freshwater | Perth | Herdsman Lake Regional Park | 300 | 741 | | |
| 23 | Lake Hillier | Saline | Goldfields-Esperance | Recherche Archipelago Nature Reserve | 1.5 | 4 | | |
| 24 | Hutt Lagoon | Saline | Mid West | | | | | |
| 25 | Lake Jasper | Freshwater | South West | | 4,500 | 11,120 | | |
| 26 | Lake Joondalup | Freshwater | Perth | Yellagonga Regional Park | | | | |
| 27 | Jualbup Lake | Freshwater | Perth | Shenton Park | | | | |
| 15 | Kumpupintil Lake | Saline endorheic | Pilbara | | 33,000 | 81,545 | | |
| 28 | Lake Lefroy | Saline ephemeral | Goldfields-Esperance | | | | | |
| 29 | Lake Mackay | Saline | Great Sandy Desert | | 349,400 | 863,386 | | |
| 30 | Lake McLarty | Freshwater | South West | Lake McLarty Nature Reserve; Peel-Yalgorup System Ramsar site | | | | |
| 31 | Lake Macleod | Freshwater | Gascoyne | | 150,000 | 370,658 | | |
| 32 | Loch McNess | Freshwater | Perth | Yanchep National Park | | | | |
| 33 | Lake Magenta | Saline ephemeral | Wheatbelt | Lake Magenta Nature Reserve | 11,000 | 27,182 | | |
| 34 | Lake Maitland | Dry saline | Mid West | | | | | |
| 35 | Lake Monger | Freshwater | Perth | Lake Monger Reserve | 70 | 173 | | |
| 36 | Lake Monginup | Freshwater | Goldfields-Esperance | Lake Monginup Nature Reserve | 32 | 79 | | |
| 37 | Lake Muir | Freshwater | South West | Muir-Byenup System Ramsar Site | 4 | 10 | | |
| 38 | Lake Nabberu | Saline | Mid West | | 18,000 | 44,479 | | |
| 39 | Lake Newell | | Goldfields-Esperance | | 2,600 | 6,425 | | |
| 40 | North Lake | Freshwater | Perth | Beeliar Regional Park | | | | |
| 41 | Perry Lakes | Freshwater | Perth | Perry Lakes Reserve | 12.6 | 31 | | |
| 42 | Perth Wetlands | Wetlands | Perth | Herdsman Lake Regional Park | | | | |
| 43 | Pink Lake | Saline | Goldfields-Esperance | | 99 | 245 | | |
| 44 | Lake Seppings | Freshwater | South West | Lake Seppings Nature Reserve | | | | |
| 45 | Serpentine Lakes | Saline | Great Victoria Desert | Mamungari Conservation Park | 9,700 | 23,969 | | |
| 46 | Lake Shaster | Hypersaline | Goldfields-Esperance | Lake Shaster Nature Reserve | 479 | 1,184 | | |
| 47 | Lake Thetis | Saline | Mid West | | | | | |
| 48 | Thomsons Lake | Brackish seasonal groundwater | Perth | Thomsons Lake Nature Reserve; Forrestdale and Thomsons Lakes Ramsar Site | 538 | 1,329 | | |
| 49 | Toolibin Lake | Perched freshwater | Wheatbelt | Toolibin Lake Nature Reserve; Toolibin Lake Ramsar Site | 300 | 741 | | |
| 50 | Lake Warden | Saline | Goldfields-Esperance | Lake Warden Nature Reserve | 59 | 146 | | |
| 51 | Lake Way | Dry saline | Mid-West | | 46,000 | 113,668 | | |
| 52 | Lake Wooleen | Intermittent freshwater | Mid-West | | 5,500 | 13,591 | | |