Lake Burley Griffin

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artificial lake reservoir

Lake Burley Griffin is a large artificial lake in the center of Canberra, Australia, serving as a key recreational and scenic landmark around which many of the nation’s major institutions are located.

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All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
Lake Burley Griffin canonical 119
Central Basin of Lake Burley Griffin 4
Lake Burley Griffin central basin 2

Statements (96)

Predicate Object
instanceOf artificial lake ⓘ
reservoir ⓘ
adjacentTo Acton ⓘ
Australian National University ⓘ
Australian War Memorial ⓘ
surface form: Australian War Memorial (across the land axis)

Barton ⓘ
City (Civic) ⓘ
Commonwealth Park ⓘ
High Court of Australia ⓘ
Commonwealth Park ⓘ
surface form: Kings Park

National Gallery of Australia ⓘ
National Library of Australia ⓘ
National Portrait Gallery ⓘ
Old Parliament House, Canberra ⓘ
surface form: Old Parliament House

Parkes ⓘ
Parliament House, Canberra ⓘ
Regatta Point ⓘ
Yarralumla ⓘ
averageDepth 4 metres ⓘ
basinCountry Australia ⓘ
cityServed Canberra ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1960 ⓘ
continent Australia ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
createdBy Scrivener Dam ⓘ
crossedBy Acton Peninsula land bridge ⓘ
Commonwealth Avenue Bridge ⓘ
Kings Avenue Bridge ⓘ
Scrivener Dam ⓘ
designer Walter Burley Griffin ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel 556 metres ⓘ
fillingStartDate 1963 ⓘ
governingBody National Capital Authority ⓘ
hasCyclingTrail Lake Burley Griffin shared path network ⓘ
hasEvent Bridge to Bridge rowing races ⓘ
Canberra Balloon Spectacular ⓘ
Dragon Boat Festival ⓘ
Skyfire fireworks display ⓘ
hasIsland Aspen Island ⓘ
Kerrigan Island ⓘ
Spinnaker Island ⓘ
Springbank Island ⓘ
Unnamed small islands ⓘ
hasLandmark Blundells Cottage ⓘ
Captain Cook Memorial Jet ⓘ
Commonwealth Place ⓘ
National Carillon ⓘ
hasPart Aspen Island ⓘ
Black Mountain ⓘ
surface form: Black Mountain Peninsula

Central Basin ⓘ
East Basin ⓘ
East Lake (proposed extension) ⓘ
Humbug Reach ⓘ
Kerrigan Island ⓘ
Spinnaker Island ⓘ
Springbank Island ⓘ
Tarcoola Reach ⓘ
West Basin ⓘ
Yarralumla Bay ⓘ
Yarramundi Reach ⓘ
hasRecreationalRoute Central Loop ⓘ
Eastern Loop ⓘ
Central Loop ⓘ
surface form: Western Loop
hasWalkingTrail Lake Burley Griffin shoreline path ⓘ
inflow Jerrabomberra Creek ⓘ
Molonglo River ⓘ
Sullivans Creek ⓘ
isMajorLandmarkOf Canberra ⓘ
isOn Canberra ceremonial land axis ⓘ
isTouristAttractionOf Australian Capital Territory (enclaved within) (geographical context) ⓘ
surface form: Australian Capital Territory
length 11 kilometres ⓘ
locatedIn Australian Capital Territory (enclaved within) (geographical context) ⓘ
surface form: Australian Capital Territory

Canberra ⓘ
Canberra ⓘ
surface form: Inner Canberra
locatedOnRiver Molonglo River ⓘ
maximumDepth 18 metres ⓘ
maximumWidth 1.2 kilometres ⓘ
namedAfter Walter Burley Griffin ⓘ
namedForOccupation American architect ⓘ
officialOpeningDate 17 October 1964 ⓘ
outflow Molonglo River ⓘ
partOf plan for Canberra ⓘ
riverDammed Molonglo River ⓘ
surfaceArea 6.64 square kilometres ⓘ
664 hectares ⓘ
usedFor canoeing ⓘ
dragon boating ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
recreation ⓘ
rowing ⓘ
sailing ⓘ
scenic amenity ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
waterBodyType urban lake ⓘ
waterQualityIssues blue-green algae blooms ⓘ
periodic closures for swimming ⓘ

Referenced by (132)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Canberra region (Jervis Bay Territory nearby) → contains → Lake Burley Griffin ⓘ
Australian Capital Territory (enclaved within) (geographical context) → contains → Lake Burley Griffin ⓘ
subject surface form: Australian Capital Territory
Parliament House, Canberra → nearby → Lake Burley Griffin ⓘ
Canberra → contains → Lake Burley Griffin ⓘ
National Museum of Australia → locatedOn → Lake Burley Griffin ⓘ
National Museum of Australia → hasView → Lake Burley Griffin ⓘ
High Court of Australia → overlooks → Lake Burley Griffin ⓘ
Molonglo River → passesThrough → Lake Burley Griffin ⓘ
Molonglo River → forms → Lake Burley Griffin ⓘ
Mount Ainslie → overlooks → Lake Burley Griffin ⓘ
Mount Ainslie → hasViewOf → Lake Burley Griffin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lake Burley Griffin central basin
Russell Offices, Canberra → adjacentTo → Lake Burley Griffin ⓘ
Black Mountain → overlooks → Lake Burley Griffin ⓘ
Anzac Parade → connectsTo → Lake Burley Griffin ⓘ
Anzac Parade → terminusSouth → Lake Burley Griffin ⓘ
Anzac Parade → overlooks → Lake Burley Griffin ⓘ
Capital Hill → hasViewOf → Lake Burley Griffin ⓘ
Capital Hill → near → Lake Burley Griffin ⓘ
Acton campus → near → Lake Burley Griffin ⓘ
Parliamentary Triangle, Canberra → boundedBy → Lake Burley Griffin ⓘ
Duntroon estate → locatedNear → Lake Burley Griffin ⓘ
National Library of Australia → overlooks → Lake Burley Griffin ⓘ
Duntroon, Canberra → locatedNear → Lake Burley Griffin ⓘ
Acton Peninsula → locatedOnWaterbody → Lake Burley Griffin ⓘ
Acton Peninsula → adjacentTo → Lake Burley Griffin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Central Basin of Lake Burley Griffin
Acton Peninsula → adjacentTo → Lake Burley Griffin ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Basin of Lake Burley Griffin
Commonwealth Park → locatedOn → Lake Burley Griffin ⓘ
Commonwealth Park → hasViewOf → Lake Burley Griffin ⓘ
Scrivener Dam → createsReservoir → Lake Burley Griffin ⓘ
Scrivener Dam → impounds → Lake Burley Griffin ⓘ
East Lake (proposed extension) → relatedTo → Lake Burley Griffin ⓘ
Acton Peninsula land bridge → crosses → Lake Burley Griffin ⓘ
Acton Peninsula land bridge → isAssociatedWith → Lake Burley Griffin ⓘ
National Capital Authority → responsibleFor → Lake Burley Griffin ⓘ
Regatta Point → overlooks → Lake Burley Griffin ⓘ
Regatta Point → hasViewOf → Lake Burley Griffin ⓘ
Parkes → hasBodyOfWaterView → Lake Burley Griffin ⓘ
Barton → locatedNear → Lake Burley Griffin ⓘ
Captain Cook Memorial Jet → locatedOn → Lake Burley Griffin ⓘ
Captain Cook Memorial Jet → locatedInArea → Lake Burley Griffin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Central Basin of Lake Burley Griffin
Captain Cook Memorial Jet → waterSource → Lake Burley Griffin ⓘ
National Carillon → locatedInBodyOfWater → Lake Burley Griffin ⓘ
National Carillon → hasViewOf → Lake Burley Griffin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Central Basin of Lake Burley Griffin
Commonwealth Place → locatedOn → Lake Burley Griffin ⓘ
Commonwealth Place → locatedOnShoreOf → Lake Burley Griffin ⓘ
Commonwealth Place → hasViewOf → Lake Burley Griffin ⓘ
Canberra Balloon Spectacular → nearbyLandmark → Lake Burley Griffin ⓘ
Skyfire fireworks display → location → Lake Burley Griffin ⓘ
Skyfire fireworks display → mainVenue → Lake Burley Griffin ⓘ
Skyfire fireworks display → takesPlaceOver → Lake Burley Griffin ⓘ