Geography
Nominally located at 28°10′S 114°15′E / 28.167°S 114.250°E / -28.167; 114.250, Hutt Lagoon is an elongate lake that sits in a dune swale adjacent to the coast. The town of Gregory is located between the ocean and the lake's southern shores. The road between Northampton and Kalbarri, George Grey Drive, runs along its western edge.
The lake is about 14 kilometres in length along its long axis which is oriented in a northwest-southest direction, parallel with the coast. It is around 2 kilometres wide.
The Hutt Lagoon comprises most of the Hutt Lagoon System, a DIWA-listed wetland system that also takes in a number of adjacent small lakes, such as Utcha Swamp.
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