Lake Selina

Lake Selina
Location West Coast, Tasmania
Coordinates 41°52′43″S 145°36′29″E / 41.87861°S 145.60806°E / -41.87861; 145.60806Coordinates: 41°52′43″S 145°36′29″E / 41.87861°S 145.60806°E / -41.87861; 145.60806
Type natural lake,
Basin countries Australia

Lake Selina is the name of a lake to the east of Mount Read,in the West Coast Range, West Coast of Tasmania.

Its location and conditions have led it be a location of research into Pleistocene and Holocene environments.[1] [2] It is a glacial lake related to the nearby Lake Westwood and Lake Julia.

It is located close to the Anthony Road B28 that travels between Tullah and Queenstown [3]

From the east, Lake Selina (516m) is the furthest east adjacent to Anthony Road, then Lake Westwood, and then Lake Julia (619m) with Mount Julia to the west at 827m.

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Eric A. Colhoun Jeremy S. Polaa, Charles E. Bartonb and Henk Heijnisc (1999) Late Pleistocene vegetation and climate history of Lake Selina, western Tasmania Quaternary International Volumes 57-58, June 1999, Pages 5-23
  2. ↑ Mackenzie, L. L., Moss, P. T., Petherick, L. M. and Marx, S. K. (2008). Late Holocene vegetation and environments of Lake Selina, Western Tasmania. In Australasian Quaternary Association Biennial Conference, 7–12 December 2008, (17-17), Victor Harbour, Australia.
  3. ↑ http://www.tco.asn.au/oac/local_attractions.cgi?oacID=15

References

Whitham, Charles (2003). Western Tasmania - A land of riches and beauty (Reprint 2003 ed.). Queenstown: Municipality of Queenstown. 


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