• Source: Orielton Lagoon

The Orielton Lagoon is a shallow dystrophic lagoon located west of Sorell in south east Tasmania, Australia.




Description


The lagoon is 265 hectares (650 acres; 1.02 sq mi) in area and averages 1.3 metres (4 ft 3 in) in depth, separated from Pitt Water by the Sorell Causeway. It is a Ramsar Wetland, providing habitat for migratory shorebirds and regionally significant flora and fauna. The lagoon is part of the South Arm Important Bird Area (IBA), identified as such by BirdLife International because of its importance for the conservation of pied oystercatchers and of the migratory waders, or shorebirds, of the East Asian – Australasian Flyway.




See also



List of Ramsar sites in Australia
List of reservoirs and dams in Tasmania
List of lakes in Tasmania




References

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• Orielton Lagoon
• Orielton
• List of lagoons of Australia
• Midway Point, Tasmania
• List of lakes of Australia
• Cape Barren goose
• Bay of Fires
• Mount William National Park
• Bicheno, Tasmania
• Break O'Day Council