Mount Augustus National Park Western Australia | |
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Nearest town or city | Meekatharra |
Coordinates | 24°19′50″S 116°50′37″E / 24.33056°S 116.84361°E |
Established | 1989 |
Area | 91.68 km2 (35.4 sq mi)[1] |
Managing authorities | Department of Parks and Wildlife (Western Australia) (was Department of Environment and Conservation) |
Website | Mount Augustus National Park |
See also | List of protected areas of Western Australia |
Mount Augustus National Park is located 852 km north of Perth, 490 km by road east of Carnarvon and 390 km northwest of Meekatharra, in the Gascoyne region of Western Australia. Mount Augustus itself, the feature around which the national park is based, is known as Burringurrah to the local Wadjari Aboriginal people.[2]