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Location: | Baxter – 448665. Three kilometres south of Pearcedale. | |
Access: | Queens Road. | |
Ownership: | Private land. | |
Geomorphology: | An area of swamp and open water enclosed by low dune ridges of Cranbourne Sand. The base of the deflation hollow may be Baxter Sandstone. A smaller dry depression lies 150 metres south-east of the main swamp. | |
Significance: | Local. This is the least disturbed freshwater wetland in the Mornington Peninsula section of the Westernport Bay catchment. It is representative of a widespread terrain type in the area before European settlement. | |
Management: | Class 1. Drainage, clearing or artificial filling of the area of the site should not be permitted. |