Middlecamp Hills Conservation Park

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NearestcityCowell[2]
Coordinates33°38′43″S 136°45′42″E / 33.6453°S 136.7616°E / -33.6453; 136.7616[1]
Area8.35 km2 (3.22 sq mi)[3]
Middlecamp Hills Conservation Park
Map showing the location of Middlecamp Hills Conservation Park
Map showing the location of Middlecamp Hills Conservation Park
Middlecamp Hills Conservation Park
LocationSouth Australia
Nearest cityCowell[2]
Coordinates33°38′43″S 136°45′42″E / 33.6453°S 136.7616°E / -33.6453; 136.7616[1]
Area8.35 km2 (3.22 sq mi)[3]
Established24 November 1977 (1977-11-24)[4]
Governing bodyDepartment of Environment, Water and Natural Resources

Middlecamp Hills Conservation Park is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia located on the Eyre Peninsula in the gazetted locality of Cowell about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) west of the town centre in Cowell.[2]

The conservation park was proclaimed on 24 September 1977 under the state's National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972 in respect to land in section 342 in the cadastral unit of the Hundred of Hawker.[4] As of July 2016, the conservation park covered an area of 8.35 square kilometres (3.22 sq mi).[3]

The conservation park is classified as an IUCN Category IA protected area.[1]

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