North Lake () is a
freshwater lake
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in the suburb of
North Lake, located south of the
central business district
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of
Perth
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth is ...
, the capital of
Western Australia
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, and from the
Indian Ocean
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. The suburb and lake are located within the
City of Cockburn
The City of Cockburn ( ) is a local government area in the southern suburbs of the Western Australian capital city of Perth about south of Fremantle and about south of Perth's central business district. The City covers an area of and had a po ...
local government area.
It is part of the northernmost lake within a chain of lakes which make up the
Beeliar Regional Park
Beeliar Regional Park is a conservation park approximately south of the central business district in Perth, Western Australia, located within the Citys of Cockburn, Kwinana and Melville. The regional park is named after the indigenous Beel ...
(North Lake,
Bibra Lake Bibra may refer to:
Organisations
* British Industrial Biological Research Association, now known as BIBRA in the UK
Places
* Bibra, Schmalkalden-Meiningen, a village in the district Schmalkalden-Meiningen, Thuringia, Germany
* Bibra, Saale-Hol ...
,
South Lake,
Booragoon Lake
Booragoon Lake is a small freshwater lake in suburban Perth, Western Australia.
The lake is situated in the suburb of Booragoon and is bounded by Leach Highway, Lang Street and Aldridge Road. It makes up part of the eastern wetland of the Bee ...
,
Yangebup Lake
Yangebup Lake is a freshwater lake in the suburb of Yangebup, south-west of the central business district of Perth, the capital of Western Australia. It is part of Beeliar Regional Park.
Overview
Yangebup Lake's name is derived from the Nyungar ...
, and
Thomsons Lake
Thomsons Lake Nature Reserve is a lake nature reserve around Thomsons Lake (Noongar: ''Jilbup'') in the City of Cockburn, Western Australia, approximately south of the central business district of Perth, the state capital, and on the southern ...
). The lake has been known by this name since 1877, and the name was approved for the suburb in 1954.
See also
*
List of lakes of Western Australia
The following lists of lakes of Western Australia are arranged alphabetically:
* List of lakes of Western Australia, A–C (plus numerals)
* List of lakes of Western Australia, D–K
* List of lakes of Western Australia, L–P
* List of lakes of ...
References
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Lakes of Perth, Western Australia
Beeliar Regional Park