Lake Mungo
Australia / Lake Mungo, New South Wales
Location ID: #16639
Lake Mungo is one of the seventeen lakes within the Willandra Lakes World Heritage Area located in Mungo National Park in Australia. It is located 987 km west of Sydney. Lake Mungo is an important archaeological site. The site at Lake Mungo covered 135 square kilometres and was about 10 metres deep. It existed from 25,000 - 45,000 years ago. The lakes in this area dried up about 14,000 years ago. Many extinct animals such as Tasmanian tigers, giant kangaroos, hairy-nosed wombats and an animal called the zygomaturus have been found at the site.