AUSTRALIA

AUSTRALIA.

Ramsar Wetlands.
Blue Lake.
Third stamp in a set of 4, issued on 22.02.2021.
Face value: 3.40 Australian dollars.
Design: Sonia Young.
Printed by Ego Print.
Printing: Offset lithography.
Size: 37.5 x 26 mm.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 5273.
- Scott No. 5259.
- StampWorld No. 3981.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 5412.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 5048.

The Blue Lake is located in the Kosciuszko National Park alpine area of New South Wales. It was recognised as a wetland of international importance on March 17, 1996 when a 320-hectare (790-acre) area, comprising the lake and its surrounds, including nearby Hedley Tarn, was designated Ramsar Site 800 under the Ramsar Convention on wetlands. The lake lies within the Australian Alps National Parks and Reserves, at an altitude of 1,890 m (6,200 ft) above mean sea level, in a glacial landscape. It is 16 hectares (40 acres) in area and 28 m (92 ft) deep.

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Thanks to Dragan Buškulić for his contribution (https://worldofstamp2.wordpress.com/).