Mole Creek Karst National Park

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Mole Creek Karst National Park
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Mole Creek Karst National Park is located in Australia
Mole Creek Karst National Park
Mole Creek Karst National Park
Coordinates41°36′02″S 146°17′22″E / 41.60056°S 146.28944°E / -41.60056; 146.28944
Established1996
Area13.45 km²
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Mole Creek Karst is a national park in Tasmania, Australia, 168 km northwest of Hobart. It is the only national park in Tasmania created specifically to protect karst landforms. It is part of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Site.

The national park was declared in 1996 to provide protection for an extensive system of over 300 known caves and sinkholes, including Marakoopa and King Solomons Cave.[1]

Marakoopa Cave features two underground streams, glow-worms, large caverns, rim pools, reflections and shawl and flowstone features. King Solomons Cave includes shawls, stalactites and stalagmites.[2]

Inside the Marakoopa Cave

See also

References

  1. ^ Mole Creek Karst National Park, Parks and Wildlife Service Tasmania, retrieved 27 November 2010
  2. ^ Mole Creek Karst National Park Activities Parks and Wildlife Service Tasmania