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Lake Gairdner is a large endorheic 
salt lake
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in the Australian state
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of South Australia, to the north of the Eyre Peninsula. When in flood, the lake is considered the third largest salt lake in Australia
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.
Description
Lake Gairdner is located about northwest of the state capital of Adelaide and about northwest ofPort Augusta
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in the foothills on the northern side of the Gawler Ranges and to the west of Lake Torrens.
The lake is over long and across with salt over thick in some places.
Lake Gairdner was named by the Governor of South Australia
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, Richard MacDonnell in October 1857 after Gordon Gairdner, a Chief Clerk of the Australian Department in the Colonial Office.
Lake Gairdner along with Lake Everard and Lake Harris form the extent of the Lake Gairdner National Park. The lakes were all once part of an inland sea that stretched all the way to the Gulf of Carpentaria
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.
Six ephemeral creeks feed the lake including Garden Well Creek, Gorge Creek and Yeltabinna Creek.
The land occupying the extent of Lake Gairdner was gazetted as a locality by the Government of South Australia on 26 April 2013 under the name 'Lake Gairdner'.
Salt Lake Racing
It has been a site for various land speed record attempts on its salt flats and is currently the location for the annual Speed Week event run by the Dry Lakes Racers Australia.See also
* List of lakes of South AustraliaReferences
External links
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gairdner Endorheic lakes of Australia Saline lakes of South Australia Lake Gairdner Gawler bioregion