Studies
Bathymetric surveys located the deepest point in the lake at 77 m in 1967. Major diving exploration of the lake first occurred in 1985. Cave diver Peter Horne conducted temperature and visibility studies and made discoveries of a fresh water sponge species and other invertebrates. This exploration also discovered "The Stromatolite Field", a collection of hollow rock formations that are found along the north-eastern perimeter down to a depth of 40 m. In 2008, permission was granted by SA Water for another diving exploration of the central and deepest parts of the lake. On this dive core samples from the calcite-silt covered lake bed were collected where water temperature drops to 14 degrees Celsius (57 °F).
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