Lake Cootapatamba

View of Lake Cootapatamba from the Thredbo-Rawsons Pass walking track

Lake Cootapatamba is a post-glacial tarn in the Kosciuszko National Park, New South Wales, Australia.

Lake Cootapatamba is located at 2,048 metres, which is about 800 metres south of the summit of Mount Kosciuszko, the highest peak in Australia. It is the highest altitude lake in Australia.^[1]^[2] It is 400 metres long with a maximum depth of about 5 metres. ^[3]

References

↑ West,D., (1994) Kosciuszko Natural Heritage.
↑ ElevationMap.net. "Elevation of Lake Cootapatamba with altitude and height". Retrieved 27 December 2016.
↑ "Tourists on the Monaro - KOSCIUSKO". Retrieved 4 July 2018.

Coordinates: 36°27′55″S 148°15′51″E / 36.4652°S 148.2643°E / -36.4652; 148.2643

Lakes and other natural bodies of water in New South Wales, Australia
Coastal lagoons and lakes	Avoca Budgewoi Dee Why Lagoon Glenrock Lagoon Illawarra Macquarie Munmorah Myall Lakes Narrabeen Lagoon Smiths St Georges Basin Tabourie Terrigal Lagoon Tuggerah Wallis Wamberal Lagoon Wollumboola Wonboyn
Freshwater	Bathurst Cowal George Glenbrook Lagoon Menindee Lakes Narran Wetlands Wallaga Woytchugga
Glacial	Blue Albina Cootapatamba
Salt	Mungo Urana Willandra Lakes

Snowy Monaro Region, New South Wales, Australia
Townships and Villages	Adaminaby Berridale Bombala Bredbo Cooma Delegate Thredbo Village Tyrolean
Localities and rural places	Anglers Reach Arable Avonside Beloka Blue Cow Mountain Bobundara Braemar Bay Buckenderra Bullocks Flat Charlotte Pass Coolringdon Cootralantra Crackenback Dalgety Dry Plain East Jindabyne Eucumbene Cove Frying Pan Grosses Plain Guthega Hill Top Ingebirah Ironmungy Jimenbuen Jindabyne Kalkite Michelago Middlingbank Moonbah Myalla Nimmitabel Nimmo Numbla Vale Old Adaminaby Paupong Perisher Valley Pine Valley Providence Portal Rhine Falls Rocky Plain Shannons Flat Smiggin Holes Snowy Plain The Brothers Wambrook
National parks and other natural features	Kosciuszko NP Valentine Falls
Rivers and other watercourses	Berrima Burrungubugge Cooma Back Eucumbene Goorudee Gungarlin Ingeegoodbee Jacobs Little Thredbo Mowamba Pinch Snowy River Thredbo
Dams and/or associated reservoirs	Eucumbene Guthega Island Bend Jindabyne Jounama Rainbow Lake Three Mile
Mountain ranges	Snowy Mountains Charcoal Rams Head Suggan Buggan
Attractions	Alpine Way Barry Way Big Trout Blue Lake Friday Flat Camp Kiandra Lake Albina Lake Cootapatamba Mount Kosciuszko Mount Townsend Perisher Ski Resort Selwyn Snowfields Skitube Alpine Railway Smiggin Holes Snowy Mountains Highway Snowy Scheme Museum
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