Lake Frome National Park

Lake Frome National Park
South Australia
IUCN category VI (protected area with sustainable use of natural resources)[1]
Lake Frome National Park is located in South Australia
Lake Frome National Park
Lake Frome National Park
Nearest town or cityHawker[2]
Coordinates30°43′51.85″S 139°48′39.46″E / 30.7310694°S 139.8109611°E / -30.7310694; 139.8109611[1]
Established19 December 1991[3]
Area2,582.40 km2 (997.1 sq mi)[2]
Managing authoritiesDepartment for Environment and Water
See alsoProtected areas of South Australia
Lake Frome Salt Lake
Shows the salt lake.

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 miles) 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).

  1. ^ a b "Terrestrial Protected Areas of South Australia (refer 'DETAIL' tab )". CAPAD 2016. Australian Government, Department of the Environment (DoE). 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Protected Areas Information System - reserve list (as of 11 July 2016)" (PDF). Department of Environment Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
  3. ^ 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.