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Lake Mungo

62 m203 ft
Area
142 km²
Tonight
25°CPartly cloudy · Wind 31 km/h N

Lake Mungo is a lake at 62 m above sea level in New South Wales, Australia, 142 km² in area and 22.1 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
62 m
Length
22.1 km
Shoreline
58.4 km
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Lake

Lake Mungo in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

Shoreline
58.4 km
3D map

Lake Mungo 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 20 × 20 km

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Lake Mungo terrain and contours

2 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 10 mShowing west → east through the centre

Lake Mungo elevation profile

West → east through the centre

Hover the profile to read elevation and distance.Tap or drag along the profile to read elevation and distance.
Weather

Lake Mungo weather

Today · Partly cloudy · 25 / 34°C (77 / 93°F) · Wind 31 km/h N

Lake Mungo forecast for about 62 m.

  • Today25°34°–31 km/h N
  • Sun9°27°6.1 mm37 km/h SW
  • Mon8°21°–19 km/h SW
  • Tue9°20°–21 km/h SW
  • Wed12°23°–15 km/h SW
  • Thu21°27°2.7 mm21 km/h NE
  • Fri17°23°24.0 mm31 km/h NE
  • Sat12°24°0.7 mm25 km/h SW
  • Sun9°20°–18 km/h S
  • Mon17°23°–14 km/h NE

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 24, 01:17 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Lake Mungo

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Lake Mungo, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

  • Nearest parking

    Walls of China Car Park

    3.8 km ENE · +2 more within 5.6 km

  • Nearest campsite

    Main Campground

    6.5 km WNW

All mapped places 4
PlaceDistance
Walls of China Car ParkParking3.8 km ENE
Parking5.1 km SSE
Parking5.6 km SW
Main CampgroundCampsite6.5 km WNW
Slope

Slope

Share of the 20 × 20 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 100% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
100.0%
Moderate, 15–30°
0.0%
Steep, 30–45°
0.0%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.0%
Steeper than 30°
0.0% of the 400 km² view
Relief in view
59 m low point 55 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 62.4%Trees 32.4%Bare rock / sparse 4.0%Shrubland 1.2%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 10 km; 275 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Western Grey Kangaroo81
  • Emu65
  • Shingleback53
  • Central Bearded Dragon48
  • Poached Egg Daisy45
  • Onion-Leafed Asphodel35
Where it sits

Where Lake Mungo sits

Region
New South Wales34Australia156Oceania282
Nearby

Nearby places

Downloads

Lake Mungo downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Sources

Data sources

Terrain
Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Imagery
Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-03-30)
Land cover
© ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts
Wikidata (CC0)
Camping & parking, Geometry
© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
Wildlife
iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Forecast
Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources
Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia