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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Statements (96)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	artificial lake → reservoir →
adjacentTo	Acton → Australian National University → Australian War Memorial (across the land axis) → Barton → City (Civic) → Commonwealth Park → High Court of Australia → Kings Park → National Gallery of Australia → National Library of Australia → National Portrait Gallery → 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 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 → 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 →
length	11 kilometres →
locatedIn	Australian Capital Territory → Canberra → 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 (26)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Anzac Parade → Black Mountain → High Court of Australia → Mount Ainslie → National Library of Australia →	overlooks
Acton Peninsula ("Central Basin of Lake Burley Griffin") → Acton Peninsula ("West Basin of Lake Burley Griffin") → Russell Offices, Canberra →	adjacentTo
Australian Capital Territory → Canberra → Canberra region (Jervis Bay Territory nearby) →	contains
Capital Hill → Mount Ainslie ("Lake Burley Griffin central basin") →	hasViewOf
Duntroon estate → Duntroon, Canberra →	locatedNear
Acton campus → Capital Hill →	near
Parliamentary Triangle, Canberra →	boundedBy
Anzac Parade →	connectsTo
Molonglo River →	forms
National Museum of Australia →	hasView
National Museum of Australia →	locatedOn
Acton Peninsula →	locatedOnWaterbody
Parliament House, Canberra →	nearby
Molonglo River →	passesThrough
Anzac Parade →	terminusSouth