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Lake Blanche - SA

Overflowing 24/4/2025

Filling in April 2025

Lake,River,Creek

Position

DEG: -29.248137 139.646701

DMS: 29º 14' 53.29" S 139º 38' 48.11" E

UTM: 54 J 6763764mN 368498mE

Altitude: 8.95m

Place Type

Geography - Lake,River,Creek

Location

144.33kms East of Marree
161.98kms NorthEast of Lyndhurst
203.34kms SouthWest of Innamincka
249.61kms West of Tibooburra

Address & Contact

5710

Phone: N/A

Email: N/A

Web: N/A

Information

Ephemeral lake collecting inflow from the Strezelecki Creek. Dry for a decade or more until big floods on the Cooper allow flow down the Strez from Innamincka. It filled in just 7 days in the 2025 flood as seen on the Worldview Satellite images. With an area of 560 square km then at a depth of 1m it contains 560GL or a little more than Sydney Harbour.

PlaceID	72561

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Wildflowers

Weather

Closest Weather Station

Arkaroola at 15/03:00pm CST

Distance from Lake Blanche 121.85km S

Temperature	Feels Like	Rel. Humidity	Dew Point	Pressure	Rainfall	Wind Direction	Wind Speed	Gusts
15.1°C	14.7°C	77%	11.2°C	hPa	0.0mm	E	4km/hr 2knots	km/hr knots

Closest Climatic Station

Arkaroola

Distance from Lake Blanche 121.85km S

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean Max. °C	34.3	33.2	29.8	25.2	20.2	16.8	16.5	19.0	23.3	26.5	30.0	32.6
Mean Min. °C	20.1	19.3	15.8	11.1	7.1	4.4	3.3	4.6	8.1	11.6	15.5	17.7
Mean Rain mm	33.3	39.1	31.1	14.3	17.2	15.0	15.2	14.2	15.3	19.4	17.8	24.8