Lakes Entrance
Lakes Entrance | |
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Lakes Entrance. The town is on the left and "The Entrance" is near the centre | |
Lakes Entrance | |
| Coordinates: 37°52′0″S 147°59′0″E / 37.86667°S 147.98333°E | |
| Country | Australia |
| State | Victoria |
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| • Federal division | |
| Elevation | 2 m (6.6 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 5,145 (2021 census) |
| Postcode | 3909 |
| Mean max temp | 19.7 °C (67.5 °F) |
| Mean min temp | 10.3 °C (50.5 °F) |
| Annual rainfall | 719.1 mm (28.31 in) |
Lakes Entrance is a town in the Shire of East Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. It is situated approximately 320 kilometres (200 mi) east of Melbourne, near a managed, artificial channel connecting the Gippsland Lakes to Bass Strait. At the 2016 census, Lakes Entrance had a population of 4,810.
The township was originally named Cunninghame, the Post Office of that name opening on 5 February 1870. It was renamed Lakes Entrance on 1 January 1915.