Lake Frome National Park
Lake Frome National Park, formerly Lake Frome Regional Reserve, is a protected area located in the Australian state of South Australia about 750 kilometres (470 mi) north-east of the state capital of Adelaide, in the Northern Flinders Ranges. It covers the full extent of Lake Frome, an endorheic and ephemeral salt lake. It has an area of 2,582.40 square kilometres (997.07 sq mi).
History
Lake Frome Regional Reserve was proclaimed as a Regional Reserve on 19 December 1991 for the following purposes and uses:[4][5]
…to extend the conservation management of the adjoining Vulkathunha-Gammon Ranges National Park. It conserves a large arid salt lake system that is of regional geological significance. The dominant land use of the reserve is biological and cultural conservation.
On 26 November 2021, the reserve's status was upgraded to a national park in recognition of its significance as a large salt lake, giving it the same status as other large salt lakes such as Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre, Lake Torrens and Lake Gairdner.[6][7]
Location and description
The park lies around 750 kilometres (470 mi) north-east of Adelaide, in the Northern Flinders Ranges, and includes the whole of Lake Frome, an endorheic salt lake. It has an area of 2,582.40 square kilometres (997.07 sq mi).[2] As an ephemeral a salt lake system, it is representative of very rare and little-known environments, and therefore considered to be of national significance.[6]
Since 2013, it has been located within the boundaries of the gazetted locality of Lake Frome[8]
Classification
The regional reserve was classified as an IUCN Category VI protected area.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b c "Terrestrial Protected Areas of South Australia (refer 'DETAIL' tab )". CAPAD 2016. Australian Government, Department of the Environment (DoE). 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
- ^ a b c "Protected Areas Information System - reserve list (as of 11 July 2016)" (PDF). Department of Environment Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
- ^ Blevins, F.T. (19 December 1991). "NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE ACT 1972 SECTION 34a (1): CONSTITUTION OF LAKE FROME REGIONAL RESERVE" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia. p. 1908. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
- ^ "A Review of Lake Frome and Strzelecki Regional Reserves – 1991 – 2001" (PDF). Department for Environment and Heritage. 2002. p. vi. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
- ^ "Regional reserves". Department of Environment Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
- ^ a b Speirs, David (26 November 2021). "SA now home to Australia's biggest national park". Premier of South Australia. Archived from the original on 19 December 2021. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
Text may have been copied from this source, which is available under a Attribution 3.0 Australia (CC BY 3.0 AU) licence.
- ^ Gooch, Declan (26 November 2021). "Australia's biggest national park declared in South Australia's far north". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
- ^ "Search result for " Lake Frome (LOCB)" (Record no SA0067088) with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities" and " Place names (gazetteer)"". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
External links
- Entry for Lake Frome Regional Reserve on protected planet
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