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 / 38.76917°S 143.58889°E / -38.76917; 143.58889
• 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 / 38.66694°S 143.86472°E / -38.66694; 143.86472
• elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Length	10 km (6.2 mi)
Basin features
River system	Corangamite catchment
National park	Port Campbell National Park
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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]