Chinocup Nature Reserve is located in the
Mallee bioregion of
Western Australia
Western Australia (WA) is the westernmost state of Australia. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east, and South Australia to the south-east. Western Aust ...
. It stretches along a set of north-south running lakes, the main ones being
Lake Grace South,
Lake Altham, Lake Pingrup, Lake Dorothy and
Lake Chinocup.
It was gazetted on 20 January 1967 and has a size of .
The nature reserve stretches through the
localities of
South Lake Grace and
Neendaling in the
Shire of Lake Grace through to
Pingrup in the
Shire of Kent. The townsite of
Chinocup sits at its south-western corner.
The smaller
Chinocup Dam Nature Reserve lies to the south-west of Chinocup Nature Reserve, was gazetted on 7 January 2022, and has a size of .
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Chinocup Lake System
Nature reserves in Western Australia
Shire of Lake Grace
Shire of Kent
Protected areas established in 1967
1967 establishments in Australia
Mallee Woodlands and Shrublands