Lake Alexander
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Lake Alexander is a man-made lake
named in honour of Alec Fong Lim
who was Lord Mayor of Darwin from
1984 to 1990. The lake is located in Darwin, Northern Territory
, Australia
and was officially opened on the 21 July 1991 for recreational use by the people of Darwin.
Lake
A lake is a body of relatively still fresh or salt water of considerable size, localized in a basin, that is surrounded by land. Lakes are inland and not part of the ocean and therefore are distinct from lagoons, and are larger and deeper than ponds. Lakes can be contrasted with rivers or streams,...
named in honour of Alec Fong Lim
Alec Fong Lim
Alec Fong Lim was the eleventh Lord Mayor of the City of Darwin, the capital city of the Northern Territory of Australia He served as Lord Mayor from 1 June 1984 – 9 August 1990)...
who was Lord Mayor of Darwin from
1984 to 1990. The lake is located in Darwin, Northern Territory
Darwin, Northern Territory
Darwin is the capital city of the Northern Territory, Australia. Situated on the Timor Sea, Darwin has a population of 127,500, making it by far the largest and most populated city in the sparsely populated Northern Territory, but the least populous of all Australia's capital cities...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
and was officially opened on the 21 July 1991 for recreational use by the people of Darwin.