Tallaringa Conservation Park

Tallaringa Conservation Park
South Australia
IUCN category VI (protected area with sustainable use of natural resources)
Tallaringa Conservation Park
Nearest town or city Coober Pedy
Coordinates 28°47′25.8″S 133°25′17.04″E / 28.790500°S 133.4214000°E / -28.790500; 133.4214000Coordinates: 28°47′25.8″S 133°25′17.04″E / 28.790500°S 133.4214000°E / -28.790500; 133.4214000
Established 19 December 1991 (1991-12-19)[1]
Area 12,688.59 km2 (4,899.1 sq mi)[1]
Managing authorities Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources
Website Tallaringa Conservation Park
Footnotes Coordinates[2]
Nearest town[3]
See also Protected areas of South Australia

Tallaringa Conservation Park is a protected area located in the west of South Australia about 615 kilometres (382 mi) north west of the city of Port Augusta and about 90 kilometres (56 mi) west of the town of Coober Pedy.[3][4] The conservation park was proclaimed under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972 in 1991.[1]

As of 2013, the conservation park was described as follows:[4]

A vast wilderness of vegetated dunes and gibber rises, Tallaringa Conservation Park sits on the fringe of the Great Victoria Desert. The park supports a variety of wildlife species that have adapted to live in this dry arid environment.

The access to the conservation park is via the Anne Beadell Highway which passes from east to west through it from the Stuart Highway in the east to Laverton in Western Australia in the west.[4] The conservation park is located within the South Australian Government region of Eyre and Western, the Great Victoria Desert Bioregion and the Woomera Prohibited Area.[5][6][7] The conservation park is classified as an IUCN Category VI protected area.[2]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Protected Areas Information System - reserve list (as of 16 July 2015)" (PDF). Department of Environment Water and Natural Resources (DEWNR). Retrieved 3 August 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Terrestrial Protected Areas of South Australia (see 'DETAIL' tab)". CAPAD 2014. Australian Government, Department of the Environment (DoE). 2014. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Protected Areas of South Australia September (Map) 2015 Edition" (PDF). Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources (DEWNR). 30 July 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 "South Australia's National Parks Guide (Flinders Ranges and Outback)" (PDF). Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. 2013. p. 41. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  5. ↑ "Eyre and Western South Australian Government Region" (PDF). Government of South Australia. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  6. ↑ "Great Victoria Desert" (PDF). Government of South Australia. p. 1. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  7. ↑ "Restricted Land in South Australia, December 2015". Government of South Australia, Department of State Development. Retrieved 29 January 2016.

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