Ikara-Flinders Ranges National Park lies about 430 kilometers north of Adelaide in South Australia, northeast of the town of Hawker. Established on January 1, 1945 and renamed in 2016 to add the Adnyamathanha word Ikara, meaning meeting place, in honor of the traditional owners, the park covers about 934 square kilometers. It contains Wilpena Pound, a sickle-shaped natural amphitheater covering nearly 80 square kilometers beneath the region's highest peak, St Mary Peak, and hosts a Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point at Enorama Creek, ratified in 2004, that defines the base of the Ediacaran period in the geologic timescale. Fossils in the park document the emergence of animal life over some 350 million years, and the site remains on UNESCO's tentative World Heritage list as part of a joint nomination submitted in 2021.
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Designation Category Established Year Area (sq km) Governing BodyNational Parks and Wildlife Service South Australia 1 IUCN Category Classification
Governance TypeGovernance by Government 1 International DesignationUNESCO World Heritage Site 1 Governing Body
Governing Body (category)National Parks and Wildlife Service (Ireland) 1 Sources
1. Ikara-Flinders Ranges National Park (Wikipedia)
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The Ikara-Flinders Ranges National Park, formerly Flinders Ranges National Park, is a national park situated approximately 430 km (270 mi) north of Adelaide, Australia.
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National Parks and Wildlife Service South Australia
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National Parks and Wildlife Service South Australia
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As well as containing a large number of heritage-listed sites, Ikara-Flinders Ranges National Park is one of a group of seven geographically separate areas that were submitted to the UNESCO World Heritage Centre for consideration as a World Heritage Site in 2021, and as of August 2025 remain on the tentative list.
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