Protected areas of Tasmania consist of

protected area Protected areas or conservation areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognized natural, ecological or cultural values. There are several kinds of protected areas, which vary by level of protection depending on the ena ...

s located within

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and its immediate onshore waters, including

Macquarie Island Macquarie Island is an island in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, about halfway between New Zealand and Antarctica. Regionally part of Oceania and politically a part of Tasmania, Australia, since 1900, it became a Tasmanian State Reserve in 19 ...

. It includes areas of

crown land Crown land (sometimes spelled crownland), also known as royal domain, is a territorial area belonging to the monarch, who personifies the Crown. It is the equivalent of an entailed estate and passes with the monarchy, being inseparable from it ...

(withheld land) managed by

Tasmanian Government The Tasmanian Government is the democratic administrative authority of the state of Tasmania, Australia. The leader of the party or coalition with the confidence of the House of Assembly, the lower house of the Parliament of Tasmania, is invit ...

agencies as well as private reserves. As of 2016, 52% of Tasmania's land area has some form of reservation classification, the majority is managed by the

Tasmania Parks & Wildlife Service Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service is the government body responsible for protected areas of Tasmania on public land, such as national parks, historic sites and regional reserves. Historically it has also had responsibility for managing wildli ...

(about 42% of total Tasmanian land area).

Marine protected area Marine protected areas (MPA) are protected areas of seas, oceans, estuaries or in the US, the Great Lakes. These marine areas can come in many forms ranging from wildlife refuges to research facilities. MPAs restrict human activity for a cons ...

s cover about 7.9% of state waters. Within each classification of reserve there may be a variation of IUCN categories Australia is a signatory to the Convention of Biological Diversity and as such has obligations to report the status of its National Reserve System.IUCN provides on its website a prescription for activities consistent with the categorisation system. Changes made to the ''Nature Conservation Act 2002'' in 2014 permit timber harvesting. These changes made in addition to the already established right to access minerals means that many of the IUCN categorisations assigned to individual reserves in Tasmania are no longer fit for purpose. In addition many reserves have had their reserve status downgraded from a class excluding timber harvesting and mineral extraction to ones where these activities are now permitted. This mis-application of the IUCN protected area categories needs to be remedied or the reserves protected land class under the Nature Conservation Act 2002 should be adjusted to reflect its currently assigned IUCN category.

Legislation and management

Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service is the government body responsible for protected areas of Tasmania on public land, such as national parks, historic sites and regional reserves. Historically it has also had responsibility for managing wild ...

manages crown land reserved under the ''Nature Conservation Act 2002''. The 10 classes of protected land are: conservation area, historic site, game reserve, national park, nature recreation area, nature reserve, regional reserve and state reserve. The ''National Parks and Reserves Management act 2002'' determines the management objectives for each class. *'Permanent timber production zone land' is crown land managed by

Sustainable Timber Tasmania Sustainable Timber Tasmania (formerly Forestry Tasmania) is a government business enterprise wholly owned by the Government of Tasmania, Australia. It is responsible for the management of public production forest in Tasmania, which is about 80 ...

under the ''Forest Management Act 2013''. It contains areas of informal reserves (e.g. landscape connectivity, streamside buffers, etc.) *The Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment (DPIPWE) administers 'future potential production forest' crown land (formerly 'future reserve land') as defined in ''The Forestry (Rebuilding the Forest Industry) Act 2014''. *The Wellington Park Management Trust is outlined in the ''Wellington Park Act 1993''.

Summary of area totals

At 30 June 2016, Tasmania's terrestrial reserves cover (about 50.1% of the area of Tasmania), of which Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service manages 823 reserves (about , or over 42% of the area of Tasmania). The following table demonstrates the distribution of terrestrial protected areas as of June 2016, any marine areas are excluded. All protected areas not managed by Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service or Sustainable Timber Tasmania is grouped into "other", including: formal and informal reserves on public land, reserves on private land, and Wellington Park.

Marine

Commonwealth marine reserves

There are several Commonwealth marine reserves in the vicinity of Tasmania, these reserves are not within state waters and are managed by the

Australian government The Australian Government, also known as the Commonwealth Government, is the national government of Australia, a federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy. Like other Westminster-style systems of government, the Australian Government ...

. All of the reserves are part of the South-east Commonwealth Marine Reserve Network which contains an additional 4 reserves. *

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* Boags * Flinders *

Franklin Franklin may refer to: People * Franklin (given name) * Franklin (surname) * Franklin (class), a member of a historical English social class Places Australia * Franklin, Tasmania, a township * Division of Franklin, federal electoral d ...

* Freycinet * Huon * Macquarie Island * South Tasman Rise * Tasman Fracture * Zeehan

Tasmanian marine protected areas

s (MPAs) in Tasmanian state waters are classed as either conservation area, national park or nature reserve. Only the nature reserve or national park class have either restricted fishing or no take zones. Of the approximately of marine protected areas, about is restricted fishing or no take,

(~) is a wholly no-take zone. In total 7.9% of Tasmania's State coastal waters is reserved, however only 4.2% is in no-take areas and the majority of this is concentrated around subantarctic

. Only 1.1% of Tasmania's immediate coastal waters are fully protected in no-take areas.

Private reserves

Reserves on private land is about 4% of the terrestrial protected areas in Tasmania.

Conservation Covenant

Landowners may protect some areas of their land by entering into a Conservation Covenant which is legally binding under the ''Nature Conservation Act (2002)'' and is registered on the land title. Although usually in perpetuity, about 7% of the covenant area in Tasmania is fixed-term. In December 2016, there were 819 covenants covering an area of about .

Indigenous Protected Areas

There are 8

Indigenous Protected Area An Indigenous Protected Area (IPA) is a class of protected area used in Australia; each is formed by voluntary agreement with Indigenous Australians, and declared by Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islander representative organisations ...

in Tasmania, covering an area of about . IUCN V * Babel Island * Badger Island * Great Dog Island * lungatalanana * Mt Chappell Island * Putalina *

Risdon Cove Risdon Cove is a cove located on the east bank of the Derwent River, approximately north of Hobart, Tasmania. It was the site of the first British settlement in Van Diemen's Land, now Tasmania, the island state of Australia. The cove was named ...

IUCN VI * Preminghana

Private sanctuaries

Land reserved for the significant natural or cultural values while permitting the carrying out of agricultural or other activities consistent on preserving the values of the land.

Wellington Park

Wellington Park is the protected area which encompasses Mount Wellington and surrounds near

Hobart Hobart ( ; Nuennonne/Palawa kani: ''nipaluna'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. Home to almost half of all Tasmanians, it is the least-populated Australian state capital city, and second-smalle ...

. It is IUCN protected area category II and covers an area of about . It is managed by the ''Wellington Park Management Trust'' established in 1993 whose members include:

and Glenorchy City Councils,

, DPIPWE, TasWater and Tourism Tasmania.

State forest

Future potential production forest

'Future potential production forest land' (FPPF or FPPFL) is crown land administered by the Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment (DPIPWE) where, except in some circumstances for "special species timbers", no native forest harvesting can be undertaken. It was formally classified as 'future reserve land' (FRL) under the Tasmanian Forests Agreement. FPPF may be converted to 'permanent timber production zone land' (PTPZ or PTPZL) after 2020.

Background

The Tasmanian Forests Agreement which was passed in 2013 after almost 4 years of negotiations, categorised about of crown land native forest as FRL, which included areas of forests of the

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, Weld, Upper Florentine,

Great Western Tiers The Great Western Tiers are a collection of mountain bluffs that form the northern edge of the Central Highlands plateau in Tasmania, Australia. The bluffs are contained within the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Site. The bluffs stretch ...

and Tarkine regions. The fate of FRL was dependent upon Tasmanian forest practices gaining

Forest Stewardship Council The Forest Stewardship Council A. C. (FSC) is an international non-profit, multistakeholder organization established in 1993 that promotes responsible management of the world's forests via timber certification. It is an example of a market-ba ...

(FSC) certification. In the recent 2014 audit, Forestry Tasmania (now Sustainable Timber Tasmania) complied with 193 indicators, but needed further action on 10 more. In September 2014 the

Tasmanian government The Tasmanian Government is the democratic administrative authority of the state of Tasmania, Australia. The leader of the party or coalition with the confidence of the House of Assembly, the lower house of the Parliament of Tasmania, is invit ...

passed legislation which reclassified the 400,000 hectares of FRL as FPPF. After the expiration of the memorandum in April 2020, areas of FPPF can be converted to PTPZ where native forest logging can occur, subject to parliamentary approval. Until 2020, only limited "special species timber" harvesting can be undertaken in FPPF.

Permanent timber production zone land

is a government business enterprise owned by the

which manages and operates state forest on

(officially classified as 'permanent timber production zone land'). Some of this land has informal protection and is managed for conservation as part of the Tasmanian CAR reserve system (e.g. habitat for threatened species, streamside protection, landscape connectivity). Informal reserves on the public production forest land cover about .

Forest reserves

Forest reserves are located on 'permanent timber production zone land' and may have recreation or other tourism facilities. * Brookerana * Dalgarth *

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* Hollybank * Jean Brook * Lawrence Rivulet * Oldina * Springfield * Tahune * Upper Natone * Wes Beckett

Conservation areas

A protected area of land predominantly in a natural state. The sustainable use of natural resources may be permitted, such as mining, special species timber harvesting or hunting. There are 438 conservation areas covering a terrestrial area of about . Mostly

IUCN protected area categories IUCN protected area categories, or IUCN protected area management categories, are categories used to classify protected areas in a system developed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). The enlisting of such areas is part ...

IV, V or VI.

IUCN Ia or Ib

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*Unnamed (Sun Ridge)

IUCN II

Boyd Boyd may refer to: Places Canada * Boyd Conservation Area, a conservation area located northwest of Toronto, Ontario * Boyd Lake (disambiguation) United States * Boyd County (disambiguation) * Boyd, Indiana * Boyd, Iowa * Boyd, Kansas * ...

* Drys Bluff * Liffey *

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*Unnamed (Gillam Creek Road) *Unnamed (Gunns Plains) *Unnamed (Mayberry CA)

IUCN III

* Big Tree * Emu River * Fossil Cove * Gunns Plains * Meetus Falls * Roger River Road * Styx Tall Trees *Unnamed (Sassafras Creek)

IUCN IV

* Alma Tier * Arve Loop * Big Sassy Creek * Bligh Point * Bluff River *

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* Boot Bay * Brother and Sister * Brown Mountain * Brushy Rivulet * Buxton River * Christmas Hills * Cleveland Lagoon * Coal Point * Coxs Hill * Deep Lagoons * Den Hill * Denison Ridge * Dismal Range * Duck River East * Eastern Tiers * Exe Rivulet * Fisher Tier * Flowerdale River * Franklin Rivulet * Gentle Annie * Jackeys Creek * Kenmere Creek * Lake Binney * Lake Mikany * Lanes Tier * Long Hill * Lost Falls * MacLaines Creek * Marion Beach * Mersey River * Midday Hill * Middle Arm * Millers Bluff *

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* Mount Bruny * Mount Dromedary * Mount Hicks Road * Mount Mangana * Mount Midway * Mount Morrison * Mount Ponsonby * Mount Thunderbolt * Narrawa Road * North Styx * Ouse River * Pelican Island * Plains Creek * Quamby Bluff * Rebecca Creek * Red Reef * Reedy Marsh * Remarkable Rock * Rimons Hill * River Hill * Royal George * Sand River * Sandspit River * Shannon River * Shingle Hill * Sisters Island * Snake Bay * Snaky Creek * Table Mountain Shore * Tanina Bluff * Tarraleah * Tippogoree Hills * Tooms Lake * Tungatinah * Virginstow * Warrawee * Wayatinah * Wentworth Creek * Whalers Lookout * Wild Bee * Wyre Forest Creek * Yellow Bluff Creek * Unnamed (Badger Head Road) * Unnamed (Clerkes Hill)

IUCN V

* Alpha Pinnacle * Anderson Islands * Apex Point * Arthur River * Badger Spur *

Battery Island The Battery Island, part of the Passage Group within the Furneaux Group, is a granite island, located in Bass Strait south of Cape Barren Island, in Tasmania, in south-eastern Australia. Fauna Recorded breeding seabird and wader species inc ...

* Bellettes Bay * Big Bay * Black River * Black River Bridge * Black River South * Blyth Point * Boxen Island * Bridgenorth * Bull Rock * Bun Beetons Point * Burnett Point * Calder River * Calverts Lagoon * Cam River * Cam River South * Cape de la Sortie * Cape Portland * Carr Villa * Cataraqui Point * Champion Park * Chasm Creek * Cheeseberry Hill * Chronicle Point * City of Melbourne Bay * Clarence River * Clifton Beach * Cone Islet *

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* Crooked Billet Bay * Doctors Rocks * Don Heads * Doughboy Island * Duck River * Eaglehawk Bay-Flinders Bay * East Cam River * East Moncoeur Island * Edgcumbe Beach * Egg Beach * Eldorado * Elizabeth River * Esperance Point * Esperance River * Fannys Bay * Fingal Rivulet * Five Mile Pinnacles * Fletchers Hill West * Forth Falls Creek * Forwards Beach * Fotheringate Bay * Four Mile Creek * Good Marsh * Granite Point * Great Lake * Great Musselroe River * Greens Beach * Griggs Creek * Harbour Islets * Harcus Island * Harry Walker Tier * Hastings Bay * Henderson Islets * Holts Point * Hunter Island * Jones Rivulet *

Kangaroo Island Kangaroo Island, also known as Karta Pintingga (literally 'Island of the Dead' in the language of the Kaurna people), is Australia's third-largest island, after Tasmania and Melville Island. It lies in the state of South Australia, southwes ...

* Lackrana * Lake Dulverton * Lake River * Lighthouse Point * Little Island * Little Pine Lagoon * Little Swanport * Little Trefoil * Long Bay * Long Reach *

Macquarie River The Macquarie River - Wambuul is part of the Macquarie– Barwon catchment within the Murray–Darling basin, is one of the main inland rivers in New South Wales, Australia. The river rises in the central highlands of New South Wales near th ...

* Marriott Reef * Marshall Beach * McDonalds Point * Middle Island * Montagu Beach * Morass Bay * Mount Wedge * Murkay Islets * Nares Rocks * Neds Reef * Ninth Island * Norfolk Bay * North George River * North Passage Point * North West Bay * North West Head * North-East Park * Ocean Beach * Outer North Head * Pasco Group *

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Plenty River The Plenty River is a perennial river of the Port Phillip catchment, located in the north-eastern Greater Melbourne region of the Australian state of Victoria. Course and features The Plenty River rises in the forested slopes of Mount Disapp ...

* Point Bailly * Point du Ressac * Port Cygnet * Port Sorell * Prosser River * Punchbowl * Ralphs Bay * Ram Island * Red Hut Point *

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* Rocky Point * Roydon Island * Running Ground Ridge * Salem Bay * Sassafras Gully * Seacrow Islet * Seagull Islet * Sentinel Island * Settlement Point * Sheepwash Bay * Shell Islets *

Sidmouth Sidmouth () is a town on the English Channel in Devon, South West England, southeast of Exeter. With a population of 12,569 in 2011, it is a tourist resort and a gateway to the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site. A large part of the town has ...

* Simpsons Bay * Sloping Main * South Pats River * Spike Island * Split Rock Saddle * Stokes Point *

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* Sugarloaf Rock * Tailers Bay * Tamar * Tea-Tree Bay * Trousers Point Beach *

Truganini Truganini (also known as Lallah Rookh; c. 1812 – 8 May 1876) was an Aboriginal Tasmanian woman. She was one of the last native speakers of the Tasmanian languages and one of the last individuals solely of Aboriginal Tasmanian descent. Truga ...

Tully River The Tully River is a river located in Far North Queensland, Australia. Course and features The Tully River rises in the Cardwell Range, part of the Great Dividing Range on the northern boundary of the Kirrama State Forest. The river flows ge ...

* Tyenna River * Vansittart Island * Wallaby Islands * Wayatinah Lagoon * Wellwood Creek * West Arm * White Beach * Youngs Creek * Unnamed (Badger Corner) * Unnamed (Duck Bay) * Unnamed (Goulds Lagoon) * Unnamed (Kingston Golf Course) * Unnamed (Lake Leake) * Unnamed (Mersey Hill Karst) * Unnamed (Mersey River) * Unnamed (Pipers River) * Unnamed (Sanspit River) * Unnamed (The Lea) * Unnamed (Wet Cave) * Unnamed South Esk

IUCN VI

* Adamsfield * Ansons Bay * Ansons River * Apsley * Arthur Bay * Arthur-Pieman * Bay of Fires * Bernafai Ridge * Blythe River * Boltons Beach * Boobyalla * Boobyalla River * Bouchers Creek * Brick Islands * Brid River * Briggs Islet * Brookerana * Brougham Sugarloaf * Cat Island * Catamaran River * Central Plateau * Chalky Island * Chauncy Vale * Chuckle Head * Coles Bay * Colliers Swamp * Coswell Beach * Counsel Hill * Cressy Beach * Crotty * Dans Hill * Darling Range * Dasher River * Denison Rivulet * Detention Falls * Devils Den * Double Sandy Point * Egg Islands * Five Mile Bluff * Foochow * Forsyth Island * Fossil Bluff * George Town * Goose Island * Gordons Ridge * Granite Tor * Gravelly Ridge *

* Gull Island * Heazlewood Hill * Hogan Group * Howie Island * Jacksons Cove * Judbury * Kelvedon Beach * Lagoons Beach * Lake Beatrice * Lees Point * Liawenee * Lillico Beach * Lime Pit Road * Limekiln Creek * Little Beach * Little Boobyalla River * Little Chalky Island * Little Green Island * Little Quoin * Logan Lagoon *

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* Long Tom * Low Point * Marks Point * Mayfield Bay * Medeas Cove * Mile Island * Millingtons Beach *

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* Moss Gully * Mount Bethune * Mount Faulkner *

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* Mount Rumney * Mountain Creek * Mulligans Hill * Murphys Flat * Musselroe Bay * Night Island * Oyster Rocks * Pardoe Northdown * Parnella * Passage Island * Patriarchs * Peggs Beach * Perkins Island * Porky Beach * Prime Seal Island * Princess River * Rainbow Point * Randalls Bay * Raspins Beach * Redbill Point * Reef Island * Roaring Beach * Russell Ridge * Sea Elephant * Sensation Gorge * Seymour * Shag Lagoon * Sherwood Hill * Single Tree Plain * Sister Islands * Slaves Bay * South Arm *

South Esk River The South Esk River, the longest river in Tasmania, is a major perennial river located in the northern region of Tasmania, Australia. Location and features The South Esk springs from the eastern foothills of the Ben Lomond plateau near Mathi ...

* Southport Lagoon * Spiky Beach * Spinning Gum * St Clair Lagoon * St Helens *

Stanley Stanley may refer to: Arts and entertainment Film and television * ''Stanley'' (1972 film), an American horror film * ''Stanley'' (1984 film), an Australian comedy * ''Stanley'' (1999 film), an animated short * ''Stanley'' (1956 TV series) ...

* Storehouse Island * Strickland *

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* Surveyors Bay *

Swansea Swansea (; cy, Abertawe ) is a coastal city and the second-largest city of Wales. It forms a principal area, officially known as the City and County of Swansea ( cy, links=no, Dinas a Sir Abertawe). The city is the twenty-fifth largest in ...

* Swift Creek * Table Mountain * Tathams Lagoon * Tatlows Beach * The Dutchman * Tiger Rise * Top Marshes * Tunbridge Tier * Upper Blythe *

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* Waddles Creek * Waterhouse * Waterhouse Island * Wedge Island * West Inlet * White Kangaroo * Wielangta * Woodbridge Hill * Wright and Egg Islands *

Wybalenna Island Wybalenna Island comprises four round granite islands with a combined area of about 16 ha, in south-eastern Australia. It is part of Tasmania’s Prime Seal Island Group, lying in eastern Bass Strait west of Flinders in the Furneaux Group. ...

* Yarlington * Unnamed (Fern Glade) * Unnamed (Long Marsh) * Unnamed (Pipers Brook) * Unnamed (Tooms Lake)

Marine conservation areas

Conservation areas that are marine protected areas cover about of state waters, and are all IUCN protected area category VI. Marine conservation areas do not have any fishing restrictions. * Blackman Rivulet * Central Channel * Cloudy Bay Lagoon * Hippolyte Rocks * Huon Estuary * Monk Bay * Opossum Bay * Port Cygnet * River Derwent * Roberts Point * Simpsons Point * Sloping Island * South Arm * Waterfall-Fortescue

Game reserves

An area of land conserved for containing natural values that are unique, important or have representative value; particularly games species and allowing the sustainable hunting these species. There are 12

game reserve A game reserve (also known as a wildlife preserve or a game park) is a large area of land where wild animals live safely or are hunted in a controlled way for sport. If hunting is prohibited, a game reserve may be considered a nature reserve; ...

s covering an area of about , all are IUCN protected area category VI. * Actaeon Island * Bird Island * Bruny Island Neck * Farm Cove *

Lake Tiberias The Sea of Galilee ( he, יָם כִּנֶּרֶת, Judeo-Aramaic: יַמּא דטבריא, גִּנֵּיסַר, ar, بحيرة طبريا), also called Lake Tiberias, Kinneret or Kinnereth, is a freshwater lake in Israel. It is the lowest f ...

* Little Dog Island * Moulting Lagoon * New Year Island * North East River * Petrel Islands * Sellars Lagoon * Stack Island

Historic sites

Land with significant historic cultural heritage and is conserved for presentation of these features for public appreciation and education. There are 30

historic site A historic site or heritage site is an official location where pieces of political, military, cultural, or social history have been preserved due to their cultural heritage value. Historic sites are usually protected by law, and many have been rec ...

s covering an area of about . Most are IUCN protected area category V. IUCN II * Macquarie Harbour IUCN IV * Cemetery Point * Premaydena Point IUCN V * Batchelors Grave * Callington Mill * Cape Sorell * Cascades Female Factory *

Coal Mines Coal mining is the process of extracting coal from the ground. Coal is valued for its energy content and since the 1880s has been widely used to generate electricity. Steel and cement industries use coal as a fuel for extraction of iron from ...

* Currie Lightkeepers Residence * D'Entrecasteaux Monument * D'Entrecasteaux Watering Place * Eaglehawk Neck * Eddystone Point Lighthouse * Entally House * George III Monument * Highfield * Kangaroo Bluff * Low Head * Lyons Cottage * Mount Direction * Port Arthur * Richmond Gaol * Ross Female Convict Station *

Shot Tower A shot tower is a tower designed for the production of small-diameter shot balls by free fall of molten lead, which is then caught in a water basin. The shot is primarily used for projectiles in shotguns, and for ballast, radiation shielding, ...

* Strahan Customs House *

Sydney Cove Sydney Cove ( Eora: ) is a bay on the southern shore of Sydney Harbour, one of several harbours in Port Jackson, on the coast of Sydney, New South Wales. Sydney Cove is a focal point for community celebrations, due to its central Sydney loca ...

* Tasman Monument *

Toll House A tollhouse or toll house is a building with accommodation for a toll collector, beside a tollgate on a toll road, canal, or toll bridge. History Many tollhouses were built by turnpike trusts in England, Wales and Scotland during the 18th an ...

* Waubadebars Grave * Yorktown

National parks

national park A national park is a natural park in use for conservation purposes, created and protected by national governments. Often it is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state declares or owns. Although individua ...

in Tasmania is defined as a large natural area of land containing a representative or outstanding sample of major natural regions, features or scenery. National parks serve to protect and maintain the natural and cultural values of the area of land while providing for ecologically sustainable recreation. There are 19 national parks covering a terrestrial area of about , the largest protected area category in Tasmania. IUCN Ia or Ib *

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* Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair * Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers * Savage River *

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Walls of Jerusalem The Walls of Jerusalem ( he, חומות ירושלים, ar, أسوار القدس) surround the Old City of Jerusalem (approx. 1 km2). In 1535, when Jerusalem was part of the Ottoman Empire, Sultan Suleiman I ordered the ruined city wa ...

IUCN II *

Ben Lomond Ben Lomond (Scottish Gaelic: Beinn Laomainn, 'Beacon Mountain'), , is a mountain in the Scottish Highlands. Situated on the eastern shore of Loch Lomond, it is the most southerly of the Munros. Ben Lomond lies within the Ben Lomond National Me ...

* Douglas-Apsley * Freycinet * Hartz Mountains *

Kent Group The Kent Group are a grouping of six granite islands located in Bass Strait, north-west of the Furneaux Group in Tasmania, Australia. Collectively, the group is comprised within the Kent Group National Park. The islands were named Kent's Group ...

* Mole Creek Karst * Mount Field * Mount William * Narawntapu * Rocky Cape * South Bruny * Strzelecki * Tasman

National parks (marine)

Three national parks also have a marine protected area component. These cover about of state waters. * Kent Group (forms part of

Kent Group National Park Kent Group National Park is located in Bass Strait covering the Kent Group islands of Tasmania, Australia. The islands cover an area of while the marine reserve component of the national park which surrounds the islands cover . History and pr ...

) *

(forms part of Maria Island National Park) * Port Davey/Bathurst (forms part of Southwest National Park)

Nature recreation areas

Is predominantly in a natural state or contains sensitive natural sites of significance for recreation. Reserved for public recreation and education consistent with conserving the values of the area. There are 25 nature recreation areas covering an area of about , mostly IUCN protected area category V. IUCN III * Pirates Bay * Trevallyn IUCN V * Black Bluff * Briant Hill * Coningham * Donaldson River * Gellibrand Point * Gordons Hill * Hope Island * Humbug Point * Kate Reed * Knopwood Hill * Lake Barrington * Meehan Range * Mount Dial * Palana Beach *

Recherche Bay Recherche Bay ( ) is an oceanic embayment, part of which is listed on the National Heritage Register, located on the extreme south-eastern corner of Tasmania, Australia. It was a landing place of the d’Entrecasteaux expedition to find missin ...

* Reynolds Falls * Rosny Hill * Snug Tiers IUCN VI * Emita * Killiecrankie * Mount Tanner

Nature reserves

An area of land that is conserved for the natural values that contribute to the natural biological or geological diversity of the area and are unique, important or have representative value. There are 86

nature reserves A nature reserve (also known as a wildlife refuge, wildlife sanctuary, biosphere reserve or bioreserve, natural or nature preserve, or nature conservation area) is a protected area of importance for flora, fauna, or features of geological or ...

covering a terrestrial area of about . Mostly IUCN protected area category Ia. IUCN Ia * Africa Gully * Albatross Island * Andersons * Basin * Bass Pyramid * Baynes Island * Black Pyramid Rock * Butlers Ridge * Calverts Hill * Cape Bernier * Cape Deslacs *

Christmas Island Christmas Island, officially the Territory of Christmas Island, is an Australian external territory comprising the island of the same name. It is located in the Indian Ocean, around south of Java and Sumatra and around north-west of the ...

* Coal River Gorge * Councillor Island * Curtis Island * Dead Dog Hill * Dennes Hill *

Devils Tower Devils Tower (also known as Bear Lodge Butte) is a butte, possibly laccolithic, composed of igneous rock in the Bear Lodge Ranger District of the Black Hills, near Hulett and Sundance in Crook County, northeastern Wyoming, above the Belle ...

* Diamond Island * Dickinsons * Dry Creek East * Dry Creek South * Dry Creek West * Duckholes Lagoons *

Elderslie Elderslie may refer to one of the following locations: * Elderslie, Scotland, a village in Renfrewshire, west central Scotland * Elderslie, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney, Australia * Elderslie, Tasmania, a rural locality in Tasmania, A ...

* Foster Islands * George Rocks * Hardys Hill * Hawley * Heathy Hills * Hospital Creek *

Huntingdon Huntingdon is a market town in the Huntingdonshire district in Cambridgeshire, England. The town was given its town charter by King John in 1205. It was the county town of the historic county of Huntingdonshire. Oliver Cromwell was born there ...

* Ile Des Phoques * Ironpot Gully * Isabella Island * Isle of Caves * Kentford Forest * Lachlan Island * Lake Johnston * Little Christmas Island * Little Swan Island * Little Waterhouse Island * Low Islets * Macquarie Island (World Heritage) * Mersey Hill Karst * Moriarty Rocks * North East Islet * Paddys Island * Pelham * Pelham North * Pelham West * Penguin Islet * Powranna * Reid Rocks * Rocka Rivulet * Rodondo Island * Sith Cala * Spectacle Islands *

Tenth Island The Tenth Island, sometimes called Barrenjoey, part of the Waterhouse Island Group, is a uninhabited granite islet and nature reserve, situated in Bass Strait, lying close to the north-eastern coast of Tasmania, Australia. The islet has no veg ...

* The Doughboys * Tinderbox * West Moncoeur Island * Wingaroo * Woodvine *

Wright Rock Wright Rock is a small, steep-sided granite island, with an area of 9.36 ha, in south-eastern Australia. It is part of Tasmania’s Bass Pyramid Group, lying in northern Bass Strait between Flinders Island and the Kent Group. It has been a ...

IUCN IV * Betsey Island * Big Green Island * Chappell Islands * Cherry Tree Hill * East Kangaroo Island * Green Island *

Jordan Jordan ( ar, الأردن; tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, within the Levant region, on the East Bank of the Jordan Rive ...

* Muddy Lagoon * Narrows Road * Native Point * Pitt Water * Three Sisters-Goat Island * Tom Gibson * Township Lagoon IUCN V * Badger Box Creek * Lily Lagoon

Marine nature reserves

Nature reserves that are marine protected areas cover about of state waters (includes Macquarie Island). * Governor Island *

* Ninepin Point * Tinderbox

Regional reserves

May have also previously been known as forest reserves, a regional reserve is an area of land with a high mineral potential or prospectively and is predominantly in a natural state. The purpose of reservation is for mineral exploration and the development of mineral deposits and/or the controlled use of other natural resources, including special species timber harvesting, while protecting and maintaining the natural and cultural values. There are 148 regional reserves covering an area of about , a majority are IUCN protected area category IV. IUCN III * Dip Falls * Hardings Falls * Julius River * Lake Chisholm * Mount Puzzler * South Weld *

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IUCN IV * Andersons Creek * Apslawn * Arm River * Avenue River * Badger River * Balfour Track * Bells Marsh * Black Creek * Black Jack Hill * Blue Tier * Boco Creek * Bond Tier * Bonneys Tier * Borradaile * Break O'Day * Burns Peak * Caroline Creek * Coppermine Creek * Crayfish Creek * Cygnet River * Deep Gully * Den Ranges *

Derby Derby ( ) is a city and unitary authority area in Derbyshire, England. It lies on the banks of the River Derwent in the south of Derbyshire, which is in the East Midlands Region. It was traditionally the county town of Derbyshire. Derby ga ...

* Dial Range * Dickies Ridge * Dip River * Dismal Swamp * Doctors Peak * Dogs Head Hill * Dove River * Emu Ground * Fords Pinnacle *

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* German Town * Hatfield River * Henty * Huntsmans Cap * Huskisson River * John Lynch * Joy Creek * Kohls Falls * Lady Binney * Lady Nelson * Lake Pieman * Laurel Creek * Lefroy * Lobster Rivulet * Long Ridge * Lovells Creek * Lower Marsh Creek * Luncheon Hill * Lutregala Creek *

Mackintosh The Mackintosh or raincoat (abbreviated as mac) is a form of waterproof raincoat, first sold in 1824, made of rubberised fabric. The Mackintosh is named after its Scottish inventor Charles Macintosh, although many writers added a letter ''k ...

* Maggs Mountain * Martins Hill * Mathinna Falls * Mersey White Water * Milkshake Hills * Montagu River * Montagu Swamp * Mount Arthur * Mount Careless * Mount Horror / Konewongener * Mount Kershaw * Mount Maurice * Mount Stronach * Mount Victoria * Nicholas Range * North Esk * North Scottsdale * Nunamara * Old Park * Oxberry Plains * Paradise Plains * Parangana Sugarloaf * Peaked Hill * Pepper Hill * Pipers River * Porcupine Hill *

Promised Land The Promised Land ( he, הארץ המובטחת, translit.: ''ha'aretz hamuvtakhat''; ar, أرض الميعاد, translit.: ''ard al-mi'ad; also known as "The Land of Milk and Honey"'') is the land which, according to the Tanakh (the Hebrew ...

* Prossers * Pruana * Rayners Hill * Ringarooma River * Roaring Magg Hill * Savage River Pipeline * Sawmill Creek * Sawpit Ridge *

Scamander Scamander (; also Skamandros ( grc, Σκάμανδρος) or Xanthos () was a river god in Greek mythology. Etymology The meaning of this name is uncertain. The second element looks like it is derived from Greek () meaning 'of a man', but t ...

* Shakespeare Hills * Snow Hill *

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* South Esk * Staverton * Swan River *Teds Flat Regional Reserve, Teds Flat *Tombstone Creek Regional Reserve, Tombstone Creek *Trowutta Regional Reserve, Trowutta *Waratah Creek Regional Reserve, Waratah Creek *Warra Creek Regional Reserve, Warra Creek *Weavers Creek Regional Reserve, Weavers Creek *Welcome Swamp Regional Reserve, Welcome Swamp *Winterbrook Falls Regional Reserve, Winterbrook Falls IUCN V *Evercreech Regional Reserve, Evercreech *Humboldt Ridge Regional Reserve, Humboldt Ridge *Lizard Hill Regional Reserve, Lizard Hill *Styx River Regional Reserve, Styx River *Weld River Regional Reserve, Weld River IUCN VI *Avoca Regional Reserve, Avoca *Barway Spur Regional Reserve, Barway Spur *Briggs Regional Reserve, Briggs *Cameron Regional Reserve, Cameron *Castle Cary Regional Reserve, Castle Cary *Clear Hill Regional Reserve, Clear Hill *Crotty Ridge Regional Reserve, Crotty Ridge *Dip Range Regional Reserve, Dip Range *Dog Kennels Regional Reserve, Dog Kennels *Florentine River Regional Reserve, Florentine River *Four Mile Beach Regional Reserve, Four Mile Beach *Gog Range Regional Reserve, Gog Range *Leven Canyon Regional Reserve, Leven Canyon *Lukes Knob Regional Reserve, Lukes Knob *Meredith Range Regional Reserve, Meredith Range *Mount Dundas Regional Reserve, Mount Dundas *Mount Farrell Regional Reserve, Mount Farrell *Mount Heemskirk Regional Reserve, Mount Heemskirk *Mount Murchison Regional Reserve, Mount Murchison *Mount Roland Regional Reserve, Mount Roland *Parting Creek Regional Reserve, Parting Creek *Renison Bell Regional Reserve, Renison Bell *St Pauls Regional Reserve, St Pauls *Teepookana Regional Reserve, Teepookana *Tikkawoppa Plateau Regional Reserve, Tikkawoppa Plateau *Tyndall Regional Reserve, Tyndall *West Coast Range Regional Reserve, West Coast Range

State reserves

An area of land which provides protection and maintenance for significant natural landscapes, features, or sites of significance to Aboriginal people. There are 65 state reserves covering an area of about . Most are IUCN protected area category II or III. IUCN Ia *Dart Island State Reserve, Dart Island *Iron Pot State Reserve, Iron Pot IUCN II *Alum Cliffs State Reserve, Alum Cliffs *Calm Bay State Reserve, Calm Bay *Devils Gullet State Reserve, Devils Gullet *Disappointment Bay State Reserve, Disappointment Bay *East Risdon State Reserve, East Risdon *Echo Sugarloaf State Reserve, Echo Sugarloaf *Hellyer Gorge State Reserve, Hellyer Gorge *Lavinia State Reserve, Lavinia *Lime Bay State Reserve, Lime Bay *Peter Murrell State Reserve, Peter Murrell *Pieman River State Reserve, Pieman River *St Patricks Head State Reserve, St Patricks Head *Three Hummock Island State Reserve, Three Hummock Island *Welcome River State Reserve, Welcome River *Wye River State Reserve, Wye River IUCN III *Bradys Lookout State Reserve, Bradys Lookout *Cape Wickham State Reserve, Cape Wickham *Derwent Cliffs State Reserve, Derwent Cliffs *Eaglehawk Bay State Reserve, Eaglehawk Bay *Eugenana State Reserve, Eugenana *Fairy Glade State Reserve, Fairy Glade *Ferndene State Reserve, Ferndene *Forest Vale State Reserve, Forest Vale *Forth Falls State Reserve, Forth Falls *Gunns Plains Cave State Reserve, Gunns Plains Cave *Hastings Caves State Reserve, Hastings Caves *Henty Glacial Erratics State Reserve, Henty Glacial Erratics *Holwell Gorge State Reserve, Holwell Gorge *Ida Bay State Reserve, Ida Bay *Junee Cave State Reserve, Junee Cave *Kimberley Springs State Reserve, Kimberley Springs *Liffey Falls State Reserve, Liffey Falls *Little Peggs Beach State Reserve, Little Peggs Beach *Lookout Rock State Reserve, Lookout Rock *Marriotts Falls State Reserve, Marriotts Falls *Mersey Bluff State Reserve, Mersey Bluff *Mount Barrow State Reserve, Mount Barrow *Mount Barrow Falls State Reserve, Mount Barrow Falls *Mount Montgomery State Reserve, Mount Montgomery *Mount Pearson State Reserve, Mount Pearson *Notley Gorge State Reserve, Notley Gorge *Quarantine Station State Reserve, Quarantine Station *Roger River State Reserve, Roger River *Safety Cove State Reserve, Safety Cove *Seal Rocks State Reserve, Seal Rocks *St Columba Falls State Reserve, St Columba Falls *St Marys Pass State Reserve, St Marys Pass *Stewarts Bay State Reserve, Stewarts Bay *Sundown Point State Reserve, Sundown Point *Table Cape State Reserve, Table Cape *Tessellated Pavement State Reserve, Tessellated Pavement *The Nut State Reserve, The Nut *The Steppes State Reserve, The Steppes *Three Thumbs State Reserve, Three Thumbs *Trial Harbour State Reserve, Trial Harbour *Trowutta Caves State Reserve, Trowutta Caves *Waterfall Creek State Reserve, Waterfall Creek *Weldborough Pass State Reserve, Weldborough Pass *West Point State Reserve, West Point *Yellow Creek State Reserve, Yellow Creek

Notes

* Definitions for the classes of protected areas within this article (see
''Nature Conservation Act 2002 - Section 78 Schedule 1: Determination of class of reserved land''
may be regionally specific to the state of Tasmania.

References

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External links

Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service

Tasmanian Reserve Estate spatial layer
- Land Tasmania Tasmanian Reserve Estate dataset, the authoritative source of Tasmanian spatial data
Protected Planet
- a comprehensive database of protected areas Protected areas of Tasmania, Lists of protected areas of Australia, Tasmania Lists of tourist attractions in Tasmania