Lakes Entrance

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Lakes Entrance

Total population

6,527

WeatherAvg high 65.9°F

Coordinates-37.88°, 148.00°

Demographic figures from Australian Bureau of Statistics. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Lakes Entrance is a town in the Shire of East Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. It is situated approximately 320 kilometres (200 mi) east of Melbourne, near a managed, artificial channel connecting the Gippsland Lakes to Bass Strait. At the 2016 census, Lakes Entrance had a population of 4,810.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Climate

10-year averages from ERA5 reanalysis (Open-Meteo).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Nearby places in Victoria

• Lake Tyers Aboriginal Trust
  6.1 mi away · pop. 726
• Johnsonville
  10.1 mi away
• Bruthen
  15 mi away · pop. 574
• Sarsfield
  17.4 mi away
• Loch Sport
  25.4 mi away · pop. 1,020
• Perry Bridge
  39.8 mi away
• Dutson Downs
  43.5 mi away
• Cobbannah
  46.9 mi away
• The Heart
  47.8 mi away
• Castleburn
  49.5 mi away
• Briagolong
  50.7 mi away · pop. 626
• Bemm River
  53.3 mi away · pop. 67

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Lakes Entrance

East Gippsland Shire Council

Victoria. Audit Office. · 2005

Summary of data and results, Gippsland Basin, Victoria

Australia. Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics. · 1966

Polygamy

J. H. Beadle · 1882

Pride and Prejudice

Jane Austen · 1813

A TOUR OF THE WORLD

Malik Mansab Khan · 2025

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Nankeen Night Heron

Nycticorax caledonicus

Seen 2026-08-20

Laughing Kookaburra

Dacelo novaeguineae

Seen 2026-08-18

Trim Greenhood

Pterostylis concinna

Seen 2026-08-18

maroonhood

Pterostylis pedunculata

Seen 2026-08-17

Nodding Greenhood

Pterostylis nutans

Seen 2026-08-17

Gloioxanthomyces chromolimoneus

Gloioxanthomyces chromolimoneus

Seen 2026-08-16

Gray Shrikethrush

Colluricincla harmonica

Seen 2026-08-16

Red-browed Finch

Neochmia temporalis

Seen 2026-08-16

River Peppermint

Eucalyptus elata

Seen 2026-08-16

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).