Ediacara Conservation Park
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Ediacara Conservation Park South Australia |
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IUCN category VI (protected area with sustainable use of natural resources)
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Nearest town or city | Leigh Creek |
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Established | 11 November 1993[1] |
Area | 22.12 km2 (8.5 sq mi)[1] |
Visitation | "a small number of visitors each year" (in 2012)[2] |
Managing authorities | Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources |
Footnotes | Coordinates[3] |
See also | Protected areas of South Australia |
Ediacara 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). south west of the town of Leigh Creek in the state’s Far North.[4] The conservation park was proclaimed under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972 in 2007 over land previously declared as a conservation reserve under the Crown Lands Act 1929 in 1993 and as a fossil reserve in 1958.[1][5][6][7][8] The conservation park protects and conserves an "assemblage of fossilised Ediacaran soft- bodied marine organisms of international importance," "places of significance" to the Adnyamathanha people, "remnants of mining history associated with the Ediacara mineral field," and an "important chenopod habitat."[9] The name of the conservation park is derived from the Adnyamathanha language name "Ithiaka-na-danha, where Ithi means ‘Zebra Finch’ and aka – na-danha means ‘to come out’" which is used as the name for the area in which the conservation park is located.[10] The conservation park is classified as an IUCN Category VI protected area.[3] The fossil reserve is also listed on the South Australian Heritage Register.[11]
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- IUCN Category VI
- Conservation parks of South Australia
- Protected areas established in 1993
- 1993 establishments in Australia
- Fossil parks in Australia
- Far North (South Australia)
- Flinders Ranges
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- South Australia protected area stubs