Bascombe Well Conservation Park South Australia |
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IUCN category VI (protected area with sustainable use of natural resources)
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Nearest town or city | Lock |
Coordinates | 33°40′09″S 135°28′52″E / 33.6691°S 135.4811°ECoordinates: 33°40′09″S 135°28′52″E / 33.6691°S 135.4811°E |
Established | 2 July 1970 |
Area | 334.30 km2 (129.1 sq mi) |
Visitation | ‘low’ (in 2007) |
Managing authorities | Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources |
Footnotes | Coordinates Nearest town Managing authority |
See also | Protected areas of South Australia |
Bascombe Well Conservation Park is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia located on Eyre Peninsula in the gazetted localities of Kappawanta and Murdinga about 115 kilometres (71 mi) north of Port Lincoln and about 25 kilometres (16 mi) south-west of Lock.
The conservation park occupies land in the cadastral units of the Hundreds of Barwell, Blesing, Cowan and Kappawanta located to the immediate west of the Tod Highway and to the immediate south of the Birdseye Highway.
Land within the extent of the conservation park as of 2017 first obtained protected area status as the Bascombe Well National Park on 2 July 1970 under the National Parks and Wildlife Reserves Act 1891-1960 In 1972, it was constituted as a conservation park upon the proclamation of the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972 on 27 April 1972. Additions of land to the conservation park in the Hundred of Cowan during 1979 and in both the Hundreds of Blesing and Cowan during 1980.Crown land located in the hundreds of Blesing and Cowan which had been previously dedicated as a conservation reserve known as the Bascombe Well Conservation Reserve under the Crown Lands Act 1929 in 1993 was added to the conservation park on 22 March 2007. The name is derived from Bascombe Well, a feature located within its boundaries.