Kennet River (Victoria)

This article is about the river. For the town located at the river's mouth, see Kennett River, Victoria.

For other uses, see Kennet River and River Kennett.

Kennet
Location of the Kennet River mouth in Victoria
Etymology	River Kennet, England[1]
Location
Country	Australia
State	Victoria
Region	South East Coastal Plain (IBRA), The Otways
Local government area	Colac Otway Shire
Physical characteristics
Source	Otway Ranges
• location	below Muddy Saddle
• coordinates	38°46′9″S 143°35′20″E
• elevation	356 m (1,168 ft)
Source confluence	West and East Branches of the Kennet River
Mouth	Addis Bay, Bass Strait
• location	Kennett River (town)
• coordinates	38°40′01″S 143°51′53″E
• elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Length	10 km (6.2 mi)
Basin features
River system	Corangamite catchment
National park	Port Campbell National Park
[2][3]

The Kennet River, now commonly spelt Kennett River, is a perennial river of the Corangamite catchment, located in the Otways region of the Australian state of Victoria.

Location and features

Formed by the confluence of the West and East branches of the river, the Kennet River rises in the Otway Ranges in southwest Victoria, below Muddy Saddle, and flows generally east by south through the Port Campbell National Park before reaching its river mouth and emptying into Addis Bay within Bass Strait, northeast of Cape Otway at the locality of Kennett River. From its highest point, the river descends 290 metres (950 ft) over its 10-kilometre (6.2 mi) course.^[3]

Along the Kennett River walk off the Great Ocean Road

Kennett River walk, closer to the mouth

Etymology

The river was named by surveyor George Smythe after the River Kennet in Berkshire, England.^[1]

See also

• List of rivers of Australia § Victoria

References

1. Bird, Eric (12 October 2006). "Place Names on the Coast of Victoria" (PDF) (PDF). Australian National Placename Survey (ANPS). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 February 2011. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
2. "Kennet River: 2954". Vicnames. Government of Victoria. 2 May 1966. Archived from the original on 2 June 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
3. "Map of Kennet River, VIC". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Archived from the original on 25 February 2022. Retrieved 1 June 2014.

External links

• "Great Otway National Park". Parks Victoria. Government of Victoria. 2014.
• "Corangamite Catchment Management Authority". Government of Victoria. 2014. Archived from the original on 12 May 2014.