Cooltong Conservation Park

From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
Jump to: navigation, search

<templatestyles src="Module:Hatnote/styles.css"></templatestyles>

This article is about the protected area in South Australia. For the nearby locality, see Cooltong, South Australia.


Cooltong Conservation Park
South Australia
IUCN category VI (protected area with sustainable use of natural resources)
Cooltong Conservation Park is located in South Australia
Cooltong Conservation Park
Cooltong Conservation Park
Nearest town or city Renmark
Coordinates Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Established 8 April 1993 (1993-04-08)[1]
Area 37.1 km2 (14.3 sq mi)[1]
Managing authorities Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources
Footnotes Coordinates[2]
See also Protected areas of South Australia

Cooltong Conservation Park is a protected area located in South Australia about Lua error in Module:Convert at line 272: attempt to index local 'cat' (a nil value). west of the town of Renmark in the Riverland of South Australia.[3] The conservation park was proclaimed under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972 in 1993 to "preserve quality mallee vegetation and habitat for the mallee bird species that frequent the area, in particular the Malleefowl."[1][3][4] As of 2011, the conservation park was described as being "dominated by mallee vegetation, with undulating dunes and shales" and that it is "popular among birdwatchers eager to catch a glimpse of elusive mallee birds."[3] Services provided within the conservation park as of 2011 include bushwalking, picnic grounds and vehicle tracks only accessible by 4WD vehicles.[3] The conservation park is classified as an IUCN Category VI protected area.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

External links


<templatestyles src="Asbox/styles.css"></templatestyles>

35px

This South Australia protected areas related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Retrieved from "https://infogalactic.com/w/index.php?title=Cooltong_Conservation_Park&oldid=713507060"