Kennet River (Victoria)

This article is about the river. For the town located at the river's mouth, see Kennett River, Victoria.
For other uses, see Kennet River and River Kennett.
Kennet
River[1]
Name origin: River Kennet, England[2]
Country Australia
State Victoria
Regions South East Coastal Plain (IBRA), The Otways
Local government area Colac Otway Shire
Part of Corangamite catchment
Landmarks Great Ocean Road, Great Ocean Walk
Source Otway Ranges
 - location below Muddy Saddle
 - elevation 356 m (1,168 ft)
 - coordinates 38°46′9″S 143°35′20″E / 38.76917°S 143.58889°E / -38.76917; 143.58889
Source confluence West and East Branches of the Kennet River
Mouth Addis Bay, Bass Strait
 - location Kennett River (town)
 - elevation 0 m (0 ft)
 - coordinates 38°40′01″S 143°51′53″E / 38.66694°S 143.86472°E / -38.66694; 143.86472Coordinates: 38°40′01″S 143°51′53″E / 38.66694°S 143.86472°E / -38.66694; 143.86472
Length 10 km (6 mi)
National park Port Campbell National Park
Location of the Kennet River mouth
in Victoria
[1][3]

The Kennet River, sometimes incorrectly misspelled as Kennett River, is a perennial river of the Corangamite catchment, located in The Otways region of the Australian state of Victoria.

Location and features

Formed by the confluence of the West and East branches of the river, the Kennet River rises in the Otway Ranges in southwest Victoria, below Muddy Saddle and flows generally east by south through the Port Campbell National Park before reaching its river mouth and emptying into Addis Bay within Bass Strait, northeast of Cape Otway at the locality of Kennett River. From its highest point, the river descends 290 metres (950 ft) over its 10-kilometre (6.2 mi) course.[3]

Etymology

The river was named by surveyor George Smythe after the River Kennet in Berkshire, England.[2]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Kennet River: 2954". Vicnames. Government of Victoria. 2 May 1966. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
  2. 1 2 Bird, Eric (12 October 2006). "Place Names on the Coast of Victoria" (PDF) (PDF). Australian National Placename Survey (ANPS). Retrieved 10 September 2010.
  3. 1 2 "Map of Kennet River, VIC". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 1 June 2014.


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