St Leonards Salt Lagoon
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St Leonards Salt Lagoon is a former marine embayment, isolated by coastal deposition from Port Phillip Bay
, at St Leonards
, Victoria, Australia. It now forms a shallow and hypersaline lake
, of about 50 ha, which is often dry. It is a State Nature Reserve.
Port Phillip
Port Phillip Port Phillip Port Phillip (also commonly referred to as Port Phillip Bay or (locally) just The Bay, is a large bay in southern Victoria, Australia; it is the location of Melbourne. Geographically, the bay covers and the shore stretches roughly . Although it is extremely shallow for...
, at St Leonards
St Leonards, Victoria
St Leonards is a coastal township near Geelong, Victoria, Australia, at the eastern end of the Bellarine Peninsula and the northern end of Swan Bay...
, Victoria, Australia. It now forms a shallow and hypersaline lake
Hypersaline lake
A hypersaline lake is a landlocked body of water that contains significant concentrations of sodium chloride or other mineral salts, with saline levels surpassing that of ocean water . Specific microbial and crustacean species thrive in these high salinity environments that are otherwise...
, of about 50 ha, which is often dry. It is a State Nature Reserve.