Deepest lakes & reservoirs in Australia by maximum depth (ft)
The estimated greatest depth of the water in a lake can be measured at the lake’s normal elevation. If the water volume and surface area of a lake are known, an estimate of the lake’s average depth can be calculated:Water volume ÷ Surface Area = Average Depth
Example: 1,000,000 acre-feet ÷ 20,000 acres = 50 feet average depth.
You can find many of the the world’s deepest lakes on LakeLubbers. If you sort the list, you will find the (maximum depth of) the shallowest lakes in our database. Note: For some lakes, lake depth data is unknown, so this table may display fewer lakes than the total 8 articles we have published for Australia lakes.
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Below are lakes within Australia > Compared by maximum depth in feet. This list does not represent all lakes in Australia, only the 8 Australia lake articles we have published on the LakeLubbers website.
Lake name  |
Max depth in feet |
Lake description |
|---|---|---|
| Piccaninnie Ponds (Australia, South Australia, Australia) |
200 ft | Also known as Piccanninnie Blue Lake One of the most unusual features of the South Australia landscape, Piccaninnie Ponds can be viewed along the Limestone Coast. These unusual ponds are… |
| Lake Tinaroo (Australia, Queensland, Australia) |
137 ft | Also known as Tinaroo Lake, Tinaroo Dam, Tinaroo Falls Dam Lake Tinaroo, sometimes called Tinaroo Dam, Tinaroo Falls Dam or Tinaroo Lake, is a man-made reservoir located in northeastern Queensland, Australia.… |
| Lake Alexandrina & Lake Albert (Australia, South Australia, Australia) |
20 ft | Also known as Lower Murray Lakes Lake Alexandrina and Lake Albert are important lakes south of Adelaide in South Australia. Often called the lower lakes of the Murray River, the two f… |
| Lake McKenzie (Australia, Queensland, Australia) |
16 ft | Also known as Boorangoora Located on Fraser Island off the coast of Queensland, Australia, Lake McKenzie’s crystal clear water and sparkling white sand combine to rank this lak… |