Lake Albert is a notionally fresh water lake near the mouth of the Murray River. It is filled by water flowing in from Lake Alexandrina at its mouth near Narrung . It is separated on the south by the Narrung Peninsula from the salt-water Coorong . The only major town on the lake is Meningie .

Due to there being no significant tributaries and a high evaporation rate, Lake Albert is significantly saltier than Lake Alexandrina.