Innes National Park
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Innes National Park South Australia |
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IUCN category II (national park)
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Looking west towards Cape Spencer
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 Innes National Park
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| Nearest town or city | Marion Bay |
| Coordinates | 35°13′40″S 136°53′41″E / 35.22778°S 136.89472°ECoordinates: 35°13′40″S 136°53′41″E / 35.22778°S 136.89472°E |
| Established | 5 March 1970 |
| Area | 94.15 km2 (36.4 sq mi) |
| Visitation | 200,000 (in 2003) |
| Managing authorities | Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources |
| Website | Innes National Park |
| See also | Protected areas of South Australia |
Innes National Park is a protected area on the southwest tip of Yorke Peninsula in South Australia, 300 kilometres (190 mi) west of the Adelaide city centre. Known as Innes by many, the national park is a popular destination for camping, bushwalking, fishing, surfing and scuba diving.
Innes National Park is located on the southern western extremity of Yorke Peninsula in South Australia about 300 kilometres (190 mi) by road from the Adelaide city centre. It is located within the locality officially known as Inneston.
The national park occupies most of the land on the south-western tip of Yorke Peninsula south west of a line running from Willyama Bay on the south coast of the peninsula near Marion Bay to Gym Beach on the west coast of the peninsula and the following four islands immediately adjoining the coastline (from east to west): Chinamans Hat Island, Middle Island and South Island west of Pondalowie Bay, and Royston Island immediately west of Royston Head.
Within the above area, land excluded from the national park includes the following saline lakes which were associated with gypsum mining at the time of proclamation of the national park - Marion Lake, Snow Lake and Spider Lake.
As of 2014, the national park included the following "no access" areas (from east to west) - a section of coastline between Cape Spencer and Ethel Beach, South and Middle Islands at the entrance to Pondalowie Bay, Royston Island, the coastline between Royston Head and Dolphin Beach, and the coastline between Browns Beach and Gym Beach.
The coastline extending from Willyama Bay to Cape Spencer consists of a number of bays such as Cable Bay and Stenhouse Bay with some prominent headlands such as Rhino Head and a line of cliffs between Cable Bay and Stenhouse Bay. From Cape Spencer to West Cape, an unbroken line of cliffs ranging in height between 37 metres (121 ft) and 79 metres (259 ft) with some sandy beaches at their feet make up the south west coast of Yorke Peninsula. From West Cape to Pondalowie Bay, the cliff line is of a relatively lower height. From the south end of Pondalowie Bay to Gym Beach, areas of sand dunes dominate the shoreline and the land immediately adjoining it with the exception of Royston Head and the cliff line extending eastward to Dolphin Beach. The land between the national park’s boundary and the road system is dominated in part by a network of saline lakes.
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