Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre National Park

Australia

Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre National Park, formerly known as Lake Eyre National Park, is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia. It is located 697 km north of the state capital of Adelaide within the gazetted locality of Lake Eyre. It contains both the north and south sections of Lake

Eyre as well as sections of the Tirari Desert. The national park was gazetted as a national park under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972 (SA) on 31 October 1985. It protects dry desert landscapes, the nation's largest salt lake, Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre, and the lowest point on the mainland. At this time, restrictions were put on activities allowed in the park, "including swimming, driving off designated tracks, boating and landing aircraft". The national park is classified as an IUCN Category VI protected area. In 2012, the national park became subject to a co-management agreement between the Arabana people and the Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources (now Department for Environment and Water). The national park almost encloses Elliot Price Conservation Park, which covers the Hunt Peninsula and Brooks Island, within and around the northern section of the lake. It was...

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