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Yan Yean Reservoir

182 m597 ft
Area
5.01 km²
Tonight
16°CRain showers · Wind 23 km/h N

Yan Yean Reservoir is a lake at 182 m above sea level in Victoria, Australia, 5.01 km² in area and 3.6 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
182 m
Length
3.6 km
Shoreline
13.2 km
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Lake

Yan Yean Reservoir in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

3.6 km longest1 kmN ↑
Shoreline
13.2 km≈3¼ h to walk around
3D map

Yan Yean Reservoir 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 5.6 × 5.6 km

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Yan Yean Reservoir terrain and contours

5 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 25 mShowing west → east through the centre

Yan Yean Reservoir 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

Yan Yean Reservoir weather

Today · Rain showers · 16 / 22°C (61 / 72°F) · 7.8 mm · Wind 23 km/h N

Yan Yean Reservoir forecast for about 182 m.

  • Today16°22°7.8 mm23 km/h N
  • Sun6°16°16.3 mm25 km/h SW
  • Mon7°14°0.9 mm19 km/h SW
  • Tue6°12°0.3 mm15 km/h SW
  • Wed8°16°0.5 mm13 km/h SW
  • Thu12°20°3.6 mm10 km/h N
  • Fri14°15°11.4 mm28 km/h N
  • Sat10°17°14.2 mm23 km/h S
  • Sun5°14°0.3 mm21 km/h S
  • Mon14°20°–15 km/h N

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 Yan Yean Reservoir

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

All mapped places 3
PlaceDistance
Parking1.0 km SW
Parking1.1 km SW
Parking1.2 km SW
Slope

Slope

Share of the 5.6 × 5.6 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 98% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
98.0%
Moderate, 15–30°
1.9%
Steep, 30–45°
0.0%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.0%
Steeper than 30°
0.0% of the 31 km² view
Relief in view
131 m low point 125 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 42.2%Trees 37.5%Water 16.5%Built-up 2.9%Cropland 0.8%

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 2.8 km; 361 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Little Black Cormorant546
  • Hardhead325
  • Common Coot242
  • Chestnut Teal211
  • Pacific Black Duck181
  • Grey Teal155
Where it sits

Where Yan Yean Reservoir sits

Region
Victoria41Australia156Oceania282
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
Downloads

Yan Yean Reservoir 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 2026-01-24)
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)
Summits
© OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
Wildlife
iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Forecast
Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources
Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia