- Mount Remarkable National Park
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Mount Remarkable National Park IUCN Category II (National Park)
Nearest town/city Port Augusta Coordinates 32°46′53″S 138°03′46″E / 32.78139°S 138.06278°E Area 160 km² [1] Established 1952 Managing authorities Department for Environment and Heritage Official site Mount Remarkable National Park Mount Remarkable is a national park in South Australia (Australia), 238 km north of Adelaide.
Edward John Eyre named Mount Remarkable in June 1840. The Nukunu people, who called Mount Remarkable "Wangyarra", ("arra" meaning running water) inhabited the area before the arrival of European settlers in 1844.
Alligator Gorge and Mambray Creek were dedicated as National Pleasure Resorts in 1952. These areas were added to and became managed by the National Parks Commission in the 1960s. After the National Parks and Wildlife Act of 1972, Alligator Gorge, Mambray Creek and Mount Remarkable were proclaimed as Mount Remarkable National Park. Further additions have brought the present total to more than 160 km², the most recent being the Warren Bonython Link in 1998 which joined the eastern and western sections of the park.
View (looking north) along the Daveys Gully walking trail.
View (looking west) along the Daveys Gully walking trail.See also
- Protected areas of South Australia
- Alligator Gorge
Notes
- ^ Mount Remarkable National Park About the Park, Parksweb, 22/7/7
Protected areas of South Australia National Parks Belair · Canunda · Coffin Bay · Coongie Lakes · Coorong · Flinders Chase · Flinders Ranges · Gawler Ranges · Innes · Lake Eyre · Lake Gairdner · Lake Torrens · Lincoln · Mount Remarkable · Murray River · Naracoorte Caves · Nullarbor · Onkaparinga River · Vulkathunha-Gammon Ranges · Witjira
Conservation Parks Acraman Creek · Billiatt · Black Hill · Cape Gantheaume · Cleland · Cox Scrub · Danggali · Deep Creek · Fairview · Finniss · Fort Glanville · Gum Laqoon · Kelly Hill · Hacks Lagoon · Hallett Cove · Horsnell Gully · Kaiserstuhl · Lake Gilles · Mamungari · Marino · Monarto · Morialta · Mount Magnificent · Naracoorte Caves · Ngarkat · Peebinga · Piccaninnie Ponds · Scott Creek · Seal Bay · Simpson Desert · Spring Gully · Talisker
Recreation Parks Regional Reserves Innamincka · Lake Frome · Nullarbor · Simpson Desert · Strzelecki
Conservation Reserves Wilderness Protection Areas Game Reserves Categories:- IUCN Category II
- National parks of South Australia
- Mountains of South Australia
- Protected areas established in 1952
- 1952 establishments in Australia
- South Australia geography stubs
- South Australia protected area stubs
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