Ikara Flinders Range National Park

Ikara-Flinders Ranges National Park
Wilpena Pound
Coordinates: 31 ° 25 ′ 20 ″  S , 138 ° 42 ′ 18 ″  E
Location:	South Australia , Australia
Specialty:	Mountain landscape, rock carvings
Next city:	Hawker
Surface:	950 km²
Founding:	1945

The Ikara-Flinders Range National Park (Engl. Ikara-Flinders Ranges National Park ) is a 950 km² nature reserve in the Flinders Range in the Australian state of South Australia .

Wilpena Pound

The landscape of the national park is characterized by rugged low mountain ridges, deep gorges and sun-burned valley areas. The eucalyptus species River Red Gum ( Eucalyptus camaldulensis ) are typical of the park's flora .

In February 2016, the Aboriginal word Ikara was added to the name Flinderskette . The national park has since been called Ikara-Flinders Range National Park in English . In the language of the Adnyamathanha , a group of four Aboriginal clans in South Australia, Ikara means "meeting point" and is an old name for the landscape of the Wilpena Pound . Wilpena Pound is a mountain basin that forms a natural amphitheater in the center of the national park.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Michael Dulaney, Tim Bennett, Carmen Brown: Flinders Ranges renamed in recognition of traditional Aboriginal owners. ABC, February 12, 2016, accessed February 13, 2016.
2. ↑ Keyword: Adnyamathanha people ( Memento of the original from February 13, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Aboriginal people of South Australia, National Library of South Australia, as of 2015, accessed February 13, 2016. 

Web links

• Official website (English).
• Central Flinders Ranges Images of the landscape and wildlife in and around Wilpena Pound
• Ikara Flinders Ranges National Park - Attractions Australia Current information about the Ikara Flinders Ranges National Park and the Wilpena Pound.