Mamungari Conservation Park
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Mamungari Conservation Park South Australia |
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IUCN category Ia (strict nature reserve)
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 Mamungari Conservation Park
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| Nearest town or city | Eucla |
| Coordinates | 29°8′26″S 129°15′8″E / 29.14056°S 129.25222°ECoordinates: 29°8′26″S 129°15′8″E / 29.14056°S 129.25222°E |
| Established | 7 May 1970 |
| Area | 21,289.45 km2 (8,219.9 sq mi) |
| Managing authorities |
DEWNR Maralinga Tjarutja Community |
| See also | Protected areas of South Australia |
Mamungari Conservation Park (formerly known as Unnamed Conservation Park and also known as the Unnamed Biosphere Reserve) is a protected area located in South Australia within the southern Great Victoria Desert and northern Nullarbor Plain about 200 kilometres (120 mi) west of Maralinga and 450 kilometres (280 mi) northwest of Ceduna.
The conservation park was proclaimed in 1970 as a national park under the then National Parks Act 1966 for the purpose of conserving ‘the environments of the Great Victoria Desert and protect wilderness values.’ It was not assigned a name in 1970 and was subsequently constituted as the Unnamed Conservation Park under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972. It was renamed as Mamungari Conservation Park on 30 November 2006.
It is one of fourteen United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Biosphere Reserves in Australia and obtained this status in 1977 with the name of the Unnamed Biosphere Reserve.
The conservation park is classified as an IUCN Category Ia protected area.
The park is managed jointly by the traditional owners (the Maralinga Tjarutja and the Pila Nguru communities) and the Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources (DEWNR).
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