Lake Maurice

Australia / Northern Territory / Yulara /
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The area around Lake Maurice was affected by the nuclear-weapon tests done during the 1950s. The lake is named after the explorer Richard Maurice. Maurice went on at least eight expeditions to the Great Victoria Desert between 1897 and 1903. He was not the first European to pass through this region: Ernest Giles and his team had explored the area almost 20 years before. Giles saw the lake in 1875, but he did not give it a name.
Wikipedia article: https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Maurice
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Coordinates:   29°26'33"S   130°58'34"E
This article was last modified 7 years ago