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Arkaroola Protection Area
Arkaroola Protection Area is a protected area located about 600 km (370 mi) north of the Adelaide city centre in the Australian state of South Australia, in the Flinders Ranges. The protected area was established in 2012. It includes the Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary (formerly a pastoral lease) and the Mawson Plateau part of the Mount Freeling pastoral lease, and is one of a group of seven geographically separate areas included in a nomination to become a World Heritage Site.
Following the public outcry that resulted from Marathon Resources' misconduct in the Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary—including the illegal dumping of many tonnes of exploration waste in shallow pits—the South Australian Government promised to introduce legislation to ban all mining activities in the sanctuary, with the Premier stating that "we have decided to give the region unprecedented protection".
The protected area was established in 2012 by the Arkaroola Protection Act 2012 "to provide for the proper management and care of the area; and to prohibit mining activities in the area". The protection area is reported as satisfying the definition of a "category II National Park".
The protection enacted by the South Australian Government prohibits any and all mining within an area roughly coincident with the Arkaroola pastoral lease on which the Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary is located. This area includes Mount Gee and the Mount Painter inlier.
Arkaroola Protection Area is located about 600 km (370 mi) north of the Adelaide city centre, in South Australia. Arkaroola was described by geologist and Antarctic explorer Sir Douglas Mawson as "one great open-air museum".
The protection area, which consists of the majority of the Arkaroola pastoral lease (as of 2013 leased by Marg and Doug Sprigg) and the Mawson Plateau part of the Mount Freeling pastoral lease (as of 2013 leased by GJB Nominees Pty Ltd), covers an area of about 590 square kilometres (230 square miles). The former of the two leases, which has not been stocked since the mid-1980s, is operated for the purpose of conservation and tourism under the name Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary. Mount Freeling station is to the north of Arkaroola.
Distinctive geographic features within the Arkaroola Protection Area include:
The Arkaroola Protection Area is part of the Flinders Ranges geological successions where abundant and diverse arrays of fossils show how animal life began on Earth over a period of 350 million years. The Akaroola Fossil Reef is around 650 million years old, and is one of five of the oldest Neoproterozoic reefs known on Earth. It is the best preserved of all of these reefs for recently-discovered fossil reef-building organisms. These fossils may be the oldest animals known on Earth. The oldest rocks of the Adelaide Rift Complex, as well as the oldest example of complex life, a type of marine sponge that lived in deep water, are in the Arkaroola Reef.
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Arkaroola Protection Area
Arkaroola Protection Area is a protected area located about 600 km (370 mi) north of the Adelaide city centre in the Australian state of South Australia, in the Flinders Ranges. The protected area was established in 2012. It includes the Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary (formerly a pastoral lease) and the Mawson Plateau part of the Mount Freeling pastoral lease, and is one of a group of seven geographically separate areas included in a nomination to become a World Heritage Site.
Following the public outcry that resulted from Marathon Resources' misconduct in the Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary—including the illegal dumping of many tonnes of exploration waste in shallow pits—the South Australian Government promised to introduce legislation to ban all mining activities in the sanctuary, with the Premier stating that "we have decided to give the region unprecedented protection".
The protected area was established in 2012 by the Arkaroola Protection Act 2012 "to provide for the proper management and care of the area; and to prohibit mining activities in the area". The protection area is reported as satisfying the definition of a "category II National Park".
The protection enacted by the South Australian Government prohibits any and all mining within an area roughly coincident with the Arkaroola pastoral lease on which the Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary is located. This area includes Mount Gee and the Mount Painter inlier.
Arkaroola Protection Area is located about 600 km (370 mi) north of the Adelaide city centre, in South Australia. Arkaroola was described by geologist and Antarctic explorer Sir Douglas Mawson as "one great open-air museum".
The protection area, which consists of the majority of the Arkaroola pastoral lease (as of 2013 leased by Marg and Doug Sprigg) and the Mawson Plateau part of the Mount Freeling pastoral lease (as of 2013 leased by GJB Nominees Pty Ltd), covers an area of about 590 square kilometres (230 square miles). The former of the two leases, which has not been stocked since the mid-1980s, is operated for the purpose of conservation and tourism under the name Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary. Mount Freeling station is to the north of Arkaroola.
Distinctive geographic features within the Arkaroola Protection Area include:
The Arkaroola Protection Area is part of the Flinders Ranges geological successions where abundant and diverse arrays of fossils show how animal life began on Earth over a period of 350 million years. The Akaroola Fossil Reef is around 650 million years old, and is one of five of the oldest Neoproterozoic reefs known on Earth. It is the best preserved of all of these reefs for recently-discovered fossil reef-building organisms. These fossils may be the oldest animals known on Earth. The oldest rocks of the Adelaide Rift Complex, as well as the oldest example of complex life, a type of marine sponge that lived in deep water, are in the Arkaroola Reef.