# Lake Hopkins

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Salt lake in Western Australia

Lake Hopkins Lake Hopkins Location Northern Territory Coordinates 24°15′S 128°50′E / 24.250°S 128.833°E / -24.250; 128.833 Type Salt lake Basin countries Australia Max. length 42 km (26 mi) Max. width 35 km (22 mi) Surface elevation 441 m (1,447 ft) Location Interactive map of Lake Hopkins

**Lake Hopkins** is a [salt lake](/source/Salt_lake) in the east of [Western Australia](/source/Western_Australia) very close to the [Northern Territory](/source/Northern_Territory) border.[1] It is located to the west of [Lake Neale](/source/Lake_Neale), which together with [Lake Amadeus](/source/Lake_Amadeus) forms part of a chain of salt lakes that stretches about 500 km (310 mi), from Lake Hopkins in the west to the [Finke River](/source/Finke_River) in the east.[2] This [drainage basin](/source/Drainage_basin) is known as the Amadeus Basin.[3] The lake is usually a dry [salt pan](/source/Salt_pan_(geology)), and only holds water for short periods after heavy rainfall. Lake Hopkins has an elevation of 441 metres (1447 feet) above mean sea level.[4] The lake proved to be quite an obstacle to progress for [Len Beadell](/source/Len_Beadell) during construction of the [Sandy Blight Junction Road](/source/Sandy_Blight_Junction_Road) in 1960.[5]

## See also

- [Lake Amadeus](/source/Lake_Amadeus)

- [Lake Neale](/source/Lake_Neale)

- [Sandy Blight Junction Road](/source/Sandy_Blight_Junction_Road)

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## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** World Aeronautical Chart ICAO - 1:1000000 Petermann Ranges (3344) Jan 1972

1. **[^](#cite_ref-mccomb_2-0)** A. J. McComb, P. S. Lake (1988). [*The Conservation of Australian wetlands*](https://books.google.com/books?id=kUTwAAAAMAAJ). World Wildlife Fund Australia. p. 113. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780949324139](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780949324139).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-lazarides_3-0)** Michael Lazarides (1970). [*The grasses of Central Australia*](https://books.google.com/books?id=oks2AAAAMAAJ). Australian National University Press. p. xvi.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [Geoscience Australia elevation data portal](http://www.ga.gov.au/elvis/)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Beadell, Len (1976). *Beating About the Bush*. New Holland Publishers(Australia). p. 155. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [1876622156](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/1876622156).

## External links

- [Central Australian groundwater discharge zone](http://austhrutime.com/central_australian_groundwater_discharge_zone.htm)

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