Lake Eyre, South Australia

This article is about the locality in South Australia. For the associated lake, see Lake Eyre.

Lake Eyre is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located about 718 kilometres (446 miles) north of the state capital of Adelaide and 134 kilometres (83 miles) north of the town of Marree and which is associated with the occasional body of water known as Lake Eyre.^[2]

Lake Eyre South Australia
Salt Crust on Lake Eyre gives way to slippery mud
Lake Eyre
Coordinates	28.537°S 137.497°E / -28.537; 137.497
Population	no data available (2016 census)[1]
Established	2013[2]
Postcode(s)	5733[2]
Time zone	ACST (UTC+9:30)
• Summer (DST)	ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location	718 km (446 mi) north of Adelaide 134 km (83 mi) north of Marree
LGA(s)	Pastoral Unincorporated Area[2][3]
Region	Far North[4]
State electorate(s)	Stuart[5]
Federal division(s)	Grey[6]
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall 28.8 °C 84 °F 13.3 °C 56 °F 161.8 mm 6.4 in
Suburbs around Lake Eyre: Anna Creek Kalamurina Kalamurina Anna Creek Lake Eyre Mungeranie Mulka Etadunna Clayton Station Anna Creek Stuarts Creek Stuarts Creek Callanna Muloorina Muloorina
Footnotes	Location[2] Coordinates[2] Climate[7] Adjoining localities[2]

The locality was established on 26 April 2013 in respect to “the long established local name.” Its name is derived from the former Lake Eyre National Park.^[2][8]

The locality covers the full extent of Lake Eyre including islands within the lake’s extent, the Hunt Peninsula at the southern coast of the northern part of the lake and land on the lake’s east side.^[2]

The principal land use within the locality is conservation with its full extent being occupied by the following protected areas - the Elliot Price Conservation Park and the Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre National Park.^[2][3]

Lake Eyre is located within the federal Division of Grey, the state electoral district of Stuart, the Pastoral Unincorporated Area of South Australia and the state’s Far North region.^[3][4][5][6]

See also

• Murrili meteorite