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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 197 ...
. 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 invite ...
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 conserv ...
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 wildl ...
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 under the ''Forest Management Act 2013''. It contains areas of informal reserves (e.g.
landscape connectivity In landscape ecology, landscape connectivity is, broadly, "''the degree to which the landscape facilitates or impedes movement among resource patches''". Alternatively, connectivity may be a continuous property of the landscape and independent of p ...
, 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 i ...
. All of the reserves are part of the
South-east Commonwealth Marine Reserve Network Australian marine parks (formerly Commonwealth marine reserves) are marine protected areas located within Australian waters and are managed by the Australian government. These waters generally extend from three nautical miles off the coast to the ...
which contains an additional 4 reserves. *
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*
Boags Boag's Brewery (J. Boag & Son) is an Australian brewery company founded in 1883 by James Boag and his son, also named James, in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. It is now owned by Lion, a Trans-Tasman subsidiary company of Japanese beverage co ...
*
Flinders Flinders may refer to: Places Antarctica * Flinders Peak, near the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula Australia New South Wales * Flinders County, New South Wales * Shellharbour Junction railway station, Shellharbour * Flinders, New South Wa ...
*
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 Zeehan is a town on the west coast of Tasmania, Australia south-west of Burnie. It is part of the West Coast Council, along with the seaport Strahan, and neighbouring mining towns of Dundas, Rosebery and Queenstown. History The greater ...


Tasmanian marine protected areas

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 conserv ...
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,
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 197 ...
(~) 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
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 197 ...
. 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 The Babel Island, part of the Babel Group within the Furneaux Group, is a granite island, located in Bass Strait, lying off the east coast of Flinders Island, Tasmania, south of Victoria, Australia. The privately owned island was named by Mat ...
*
Badger Island Badger Island, part of the Badger Group within the Furneaux Group, is a unpopulated low-lying granite and limestone island, located in Bass Strait, lying west of the Flinders and Cape Barren islands, Tasmania, south of Victoria, in south-ea ...
*
Great Dog Island Great Dog Island is an uninhabited islet of the British Virgin Islands in the Caribbean. It is located in a smaller sub-group of islands referred to as the Dog Islands, or more commonly, "The Dogs". Other islets in The Dogs include Little Se ...
* 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 name ...
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 Wellington Park is the protected area which encompasses kunanyi / Mount Wellington and surrounds near Hobart, Tasmania. There are numerous hiking and mountain bike tracks within the park of varying difficulty. Protection Although it carries ...
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-small ...
. It is
IUCN protected area category 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 par ...
II and covers an area of about . It is managed by the ''Wellington Park Management Trust'' established in 1993 whose members include:
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-small ...
and Glenorchy City Councils,
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 wildl ...
, DPIPWE,
TasWater TasWater is Tasmania's water and sewage utility. It is responsible for providing drinking water across the state as well as collecting and treating sewage. It is owned by Tasmania's 29 local governments. TasWater commenced operations on 1 July ...
and
Tourism Tasmania Tourism Tasmania is the authority of the Government of Tasmania for dealing with tourism. It has been a department name. In a number of governments, the Tasmanian Premier has also been Minister for Tourism. It is regularly partners with the ...
.


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 An old-growth forestalso termed primary forest, virgin forest, late seral forest, primeval forest, or first-growth forestis a forest that has attained great age without significant disturbance, and thereby exhibits unique ecological featur ...
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 Styx, 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 The Tarkine ( indigenous name: takayna), officially takayna / Tarkine, is an area containing the Savage River National Park in the north west Tasmania, Australia, which contains significant areas of wilderness. The Tarkine is noted for its bea ...
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 invite ...
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

Sustainable Timber Tasmania is a
government business enterprise A state-owned enterprise (SOE) is a government entity which is established or nationalised by the ''national government'' or ''provincial government'' by an executive order or an act of legislation in order to earn profit for the government ...
owned by 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 invite ...
which manages and operates
state forest A state forest or national forest is a forest that is administered or protected by some agency of a sovereign or federated state, or territory. Background The precise application of the terms vary by jurisdiction. For example: * In Australia, a ...
on
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. ...
(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 *
Griffin The griffin, griffon, or gryphon (Ancient Greek: , ''gryps''; Classical Latin: ''grȳps'' or ''grȳpus''; Late Latin, Late and Medieval Latin: ''gryphes'', ''grypho'' etc.; Old French: ''griffon'') is a legendary creature with the body, tail ...
* 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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Picton River Picton may refer to: Places *Picton Castle, in Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK * Picton, Cheshire, England, UK *Picton (ward), an electoral ward of the Liverpool City Council, England, UK *Picton, New South Wales, Australia * Picton, Western Australia, a ...
*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 * B ...
* Drys Bluff * Liffey *
Meander A meander is one of a series of regular sinuous curves in the channel of a river or other watercourse. It is produced as a watercourse erodes the sediments of an outer, concave bank ( cut bank) and deposits sediments on an inner, convex bank ...
*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 "Brother and Sister" (also "Little Sister and Little Brother"; German: ''Brüderchen und Schwesterchen'') is a European fairy tale which was, among others, written down by the Brothers Grimm (KHM 11). It is a tale of Aarne–Thompson Type 450. In ...
* 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 The Flowerdale River is a river in North West Tasmania, Australia, it extends approximately from the Campbell Ranges near West Takone before discharging into the Inglis River at Wynyard. The Flowerdale is the largest tributary system on the I ...
* 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 *
Montagu Island Montagu Island ( es, Isla Jorge) is the largest of the South Sandwich Islands, located in the Scotia Sea off the coast of Antarctica. It is a part of the British Overseas Territory, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. It is located nort ...
* Mount Bruny * Mount Dromedary * Mount Hicks Road * Mount Mangana * Mount Midway *
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* Mount Ponsonby * Mount Thunderbolt * Narrawa Road * North Styx * Ouse River * Pelican Island * Plains Creek *
Quamby Bluff Quamby Bluff is a mountain in Northern Tasmania, Australia that is an outlying part of the Great Western Tiers mountain range. Geography and Geology Quamby Bluff lies from Deloraine by road, just north of the main escarpment of the Great We ...
* 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 Tarraleah is a rural locality in the local government area (LGA) of Central Highlands in the Central LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about north-west of the town of Hamilton. The 2016 census has a population of nil for the state subu ...
* Tippogoree Hills *
Tooms Lake Tooms Lake is a rural locality and a lake in the local government areas (LGA) of Northern Midlands, Southern Midlands, and Glamorgan-Spring Bay in the Central and South-east LGA regions of Tasmania. The locality is about north of the town o ...
* Tungatinah *
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* 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 incl ...
* 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 Cape Portland, officially Luemerrernanner / Cape Portland, is both a geographical feature and a locality near the north-eastern tip of Tasmania, Australia. The cape points west across Ringarooma Bay, where the Ringarooma River empties into the ...
* Carr Villa * Cataraqui Point * Champion Park * Chasm Creek * Cheeseberry Hill * Chronicle Point * City of Melbourne Bay * Clarence River * Clifton Beach *
Cone Islet Cone Islet is a small granite island, with an area of 4.82 ha, in south-eastern Australia. It is part of Tasmania’s Curtis Group, lying in northern Bass Strait between the Furneaux Group and Wilsons Promontory in Victoria. Fauna Recorded breed ...
*
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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 El Dorado (, ; Spanish for "the golden"), originally ''El Hombre Dorado'' ("The Golden Man") or ''El Rey Dorado'' ("The Golden King"), was the term used by the Spanish in the 16th century to describe a mythical tribal chief (''zipa'') or king o ...
* 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 Granite () is a coarse-grained (phaneritic) intrusive igneous rock composed mostly of quartz, alkali feldspar, and plagioclase. It forms from magma with a high content of silica and alkali metal oxides that slowly cools and solidifies undergro ...
* Great Lake * Great Musselroe River * Greens Beach * Griggs Creek *
Harbour Islets The Harbour Islets are a group of two adjacent small rocky islands, joined at low tide, part of Tasmania’s Trefoil Island Group, lying close to Cape Grim, Tasmania's most north-westerly point, in Bass Strait, with a combined area of 3.13 hec ...
* Harcus Island * Harry Walker Tier * Hastings Bay *
Henderson Islets The Henderson Islets are a group of two adjacent small rocky islands, with a combined area of 0.41 ha, in south-eastern Australia. They are part of Tasmania’s Trefoil Island Group, lying close to Cape Grim, Tasmania's most north-westerly poin ...
* 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, southwest ...
* Lackrana *
Lake Dulverton Lake Dulverton is a shallow lake or sandstone lagoon located adjacent to the town of Oatlands in the Southern Midlands region of Tasmania, Australia. The lake has an uneven shoreline with many low sandstone cliffs and overhangs. The only is ...
* 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 the ...
* Marriott Reef * Marshall Beach * McDonalds Point * Middle Island * Montagu Beach * Morass Bay * Mount Wedge * Murkay Islets *
Nares Rocks Nares Rocks are a group of three rocks with a total area of 0.76 ha in Bass Strait, part of Tasmania’s Hunter Island Group and lie between north-west Tasmania and King Island. They are steep and largely bare of vegetation. Fauna Breeding se ...
* Neds Reef *
Ninth Island The Ninth Island, officially Tareerpattel-tarerenner / Ninth Island, is a uninhabited granite island situated in Bass Strait as part of the Waterhouse Island Group, lying close to the north-eastern coast of Tasmania, Australia.Brothers, Nige ...
*
Norfolk Bay The Norfolk Bay is a body of water in the south east of Tasmania, Australia. The north west aspect of Norfolk Bay is continuous with Frederick Henry Bay. The north east aspect of Norfolk Bay is continuous with Blackman Bay via the Denison Can ...
* 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 Port Sorell is a town on the north-west coast of Tasmania, Australia. It is on the waterway of the same name, just off Bass Strait, 20 km east of Devonport and close to Shearwater and Hawley Beach. It borders the Rubicon Estuary, whi ...
* Prosser River * Punchbowl *
Ralphs Bay Ralphs Bay is a body of water in south-east Tasmania, Australia. It is semi-enclosed by the Tranmere / Rokeby peninsula and the South Arm peninsula. Sea access to the bay is from the River Derwent. Ralphs Bay is a shallow, windy bay, situate ...
* Ram Island * Red Hut Point *
River Tyne The River Tyne is a river in North East England. Its length (excluding tributaries) is . It is formed by the North Tyne and the South Tyne, which converge at Warden Rock near Hexham in Northumberland at a place dubbed 'The Meeting of the Wate ...
* Rocky Point *
Roydon Island Roydon Island is an island, with an area of 37 ha, in south-eastern Australia. It is part of Tasmania’s Pasco Island Group, lying in eastern Bass Strait off the north-west coast of Flinders Island in the Furneaux Group. Fauna Seabirds and wa ...
* Running Ground Ridge * Salem Bay * Sassafras Gully *
Seacrow Islet Seacrow Islet is a small island with an area of , in south-eastern Australia. It is part of Tasmania’s Trefoil Island Group, lying close to Cape Grim, Tasmania's most north-westerly point, in Bass Strait. Fauna Breeding seabird and shoreb ...
* Seagull Islet * Sentinel Island * Settlement Point * Sheepwash Bay * Shell Islets *
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* Simpsons Bay * Sloping Main * South Pats River * Spike Island * Split Rock Saddle * Stokes Point * Stringybark * 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. Trug ...
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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 g ...
* Tyenna River * Vansittart Island * Wallaby Islands * Wayatinah Lagoon * Wellwood Creek * West Arm *
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* 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 Bay is a rural locality in the local government area (LGA) of Break O'Day in the North-east LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about north of the town of St Helens. The 2021 census recorded a population of 62 for the state suburb ...
* Ansons River * Apsley * Arthur Bay * Arthur-Pieman *
Bay of Fires The Bay of Fires (palawa kani: ''larapuna)'' is a bay on the northeastern coast of Tasmania in Australia, extending from Binalong Bay to Eddystone Point. The bay was given its name in 1773 by Captain Tobias Furneaux in , who saw the fires of ...
* Bernafai Ridge * Blythe River * Boltons Beach * Boobyalla * Boobyalla River * Bouchers Creek * Brick Islands * Brid River *
Briggs Islet Briggs Islet is a small granite island, with an area of 3.4 ha, in south-eastern Australia. It is part of Tasmania’s Great Dog Island Group, lying in eastern Bass Strait between Flinders and Cape Barren Islands in the Furneaux Group. I ...
* 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 The Darling Scarp, also referred to as the Darling Range or Darling Ranges, is a low escarpment running north–south to the east of the Swan Coastal Plain and Perth, Western Australia. The escarpment extends generally north of Bindoon, to t ...
* Dasher River * Denison Rivulet * Detention Falls * Devils Den * Double Sandy Point * Egg Islands * Five Mile Bluff *
Foochow Fuzhou (; , Fuzhounese: Hokchew, ''Hók-ciŭ''), alternately romanized as Foochow, is the capital and one of the largest cities in Fujian province, China. Along with the many counties of Ningde, those of Fuzhou are considered to constitute t ...
* Forsyth Island *
Fossil Bluff Fossil Bluff is a seasonal British aircraft refuelling station located on the east coast of Alexander Island in Antarctica. In operation since 1961, its facilities provide fuel, storage, and ancillary support for British exploration and operation ...
* George Town * Goose Island * Gordons Ridge * Granite Tor * Gravelly Ridge *
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 ...
* Gull Island * Heazlewood Hill *
Hogan Group The Hogan Group is a collection of six (to eight) islands and islets located in the Bass Strait that define part of the border between mainland Australia and the island state of Tasmania. Within the jurisdiction of Tasmania, the Hogan Group for ...
* Howie Island * Jacksons Cove * Judbury * Kelvedon Beach * Lagoons Beach *
Lake Beatrice Lake Beatrice is a natural lake on the lower eastern side of Mount Sedgwick in the West Coast Range of Western Tasmania, Australia. Lake Beatrice is higher in altitude than the nearby Lake Burbury; however, it is not visible from that level, ...
* Lees Point * Liawenee * Lillico Beach * Lime Pit Road * Limekiln Creek * Little Beach * Little Boobyalla River *
Little Chalky Island The Little Chalky Island, part of the Big Green Group within the Furneaux Group, is a unpopulated granite island, located in the Bass Strait, west of the Flinders Island and south of Chalky Island, in Tasmania, in south-eastern Australia.B ...
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Little Green Island Little Green Island is a granite island, with an area of , in south-eastern Australia. It is part of Tasmania’s Great Dog Island Group, lying in eastern Bass Strait between Flinders and Cape Barren Islands in the Furneaux Group. It is part ...
* Little Quoin *
Logan Lagoon Logan Lagoon is a 2172  ha wetland Conservation Area on Flinders Island, the largest of the Furneaux Group at the eastern end of Bass Strait, which is part of the Australian state of Tasmania. History The lagoon area was declared a wildlif ...
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Long Island Long Island is a densely populated island in the southeastern region of the U.S. state of New York (state), New York, part of the New York metropolitan area. With over 8 million people, Long Island is the most populous island in the United Sta ...
* Long Tom * Low Point * Marks Point * Mayfield Bay * Medeas Cove * Mile Island * Millingtons Beach * Molesworth * Moss Gully * Mount Bethune * Mount Faulkner *
Mount Royal Mount Royal (french: link=no, Mont Royal, ) is a large intrusive rock hill or small mountain in the city of Montreal, immediately west of Downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The best-known hypothesis for the origin of the name Montreal is the ...
* Mount Rumney *
Mountain Creek Mountain Creek is a ski resort in Vernon Township, Sussex County, New Jersey, United States. It is located on New Jersey Route 94, from the George Washington Bridge. Mountain Creek contains of skiing area, night skiing, snowboarding, a ...
* Mulligans Hill * Murphys Flat * Musselroe Bay * Night Island * Oyster Rocks * Pardoe Northdown * Parnella * Passage Island *
Patriarchs The highest-ranking bishops in Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy, the Catholic Church (above major archbishop and primate), the Hussite Church, Church of the East, and some Independent Catholic Churches are termed patriarchs (and in certa ...
* Peggs Beach * Perkins Island * Porky Beach *
Prime Seal Island Prime Seal Island is a long island, with a high central ridge and an area of 1220 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. Geolo ...
* Princess River * Rainbow Point * Randalls Bay * Raspins Beach * Redbill Point * Reef Island * Roaring Beach * Russell Ridge *
Sea Elephant Elephant seals are very large, oceangoing earless seals in the genus ''Mirounga''. Both species, the northern elephant seal (''M. angustirostris'') and the southern elephant seal (''M. leonina''), were hunted to the brink of extinction for oil ...
* 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 Mathinn ...
* 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 *
Summer Camp A summer camp or sleepaway camp is a supervised program for children conducted during the summer months in some countries. Children and adolescents who attend summer camp are known as ''campers''. Summer school is usually a part of the academ ...
* 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 Table Mountain ( naq, Huriǂoaxa, lit= sea-emerging; af, Tafelberg) is a flat-topped mountain forming a prominent landmark overlooking the city of Cape Town in South Africa. It is a significant tourist attraction, with many visitors using the ...
* Tathams Lagoon * Tatlows Beach * The Dutchman * Tiger Rise * Top Marshes * Tunbridge Tier * Upper Blythe *
Vale of Belvoir The Vale of Belvoir ( ) covers adjacent areas of Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire, England. The name derives from the Norman-French for "beautiful view" and dates back to Norman times. Extent and geology The vale is a tract ...
* 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. T ...
* 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 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 par ...
VI. Marine conservation areas do not have any fishing restrictions. * Blackman Rivulet *
Central Channel ( sa, नाडी, lit=tube, pipe, nerve, blood vessel, pulse) is a term for the channels through which, in traditional Indian medicine and spiritual theory, the energies such as prana of the physical body, the subtle body and the causal body ...
* Cloudy Bay Lagoon *
Hippolyte Rocks Hippolyte Rocks is a small granite island, with an area of 5.3 hectare, ha, in south-eastern Australia. It is part of the Tasman Island Group, lying close to the south-eastern coast of Tasmania around the Tasman Peninsula. It has a flat top ...
* Huon Estuary * Monk Bay * Opossum Bay * Port Cygnet * River Derwent * Roberts Point * Simpsons Point *
Sloping Island Sloping Island, incorporating the adjacent Sloping Reef, is an island nature reserve, with an area of 117 ha, in Tasmania in south-eastern Australia. It is part of the Sloping Island Group, lying close to the south-eastern coast of Tasmania a ...
* 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 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 par ...
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Actaeon Island The Actaeon Island, part of the Actaeon Island Group, is a dolerite island and game reserve located at the southern entrance to the D'Entrecasteaux Channel between Bruny Island and the mainland, that lies close to the south-eastern coast of Tas ...
* 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 ...
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Little Dog Island Little Dog Island is a square, flat granite island, with an area of 83 ha, in south-eastern Australia. It is part of Tasmania’s Great Dog Island Group, lying in eastern Bass Strait between Flinders and Cape Barren Islands in the Furneaux Gr ...
* Moulting Lagoon * New Year Island *
North East River The Northeast River is a tributary of the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland. Entirely tidal, it extends for about U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed April 1, 2011 from the town of ...
* Petrel Islands * Sellars Lagoon *
Stack Island Stack Island is an island game reserve, with an area of 23.7 ha and a high point 54 m above sea-level, in Bass Strait, south-eastern Australia. It is part of Tasmania’s Hunter Island Group which lies between north-west Tasmania and King Isl ...


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 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 par ...
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Macquarie Harbour Macquarie Harbour is a shallow fjord in the West Coast region of Tasmania, Australia. It is approximately , and has an average depth of , with deeper places up to . It is navigable by shallow-draft vessels. The main channel is kept clear by th ...
IUCN IV * Cemetery Point * Premaydena Point IUCN V * Batchelors Grave *
Callington Mill Callington Mill is a Lincolnshire tower mill built in 1837 in Oatlands, Tasmania by John Vincent. It has recently been restored so that it is now in full working order and is the only operating mill of its type in the Southern Hemisphere. It is t ...
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Cape Sorell Cape Sorell is a headland located in the Southern Ocean outside Macquarie Harbour on the West Coast of Tasmania, Australia. The cape and the Cape Sorell Lighthouse, located above the headland, are important orientation points for all vessels ...
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Cascades Female Factory The Cascades Female Factory, a former Australian workhouse for female convicts in the penal colony of Van Diemen's Land, is located in Hobart, Tasmania. Operational between 1828 and 1856, the factory is now one of the 11 sites that collective ...
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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 Eaglehawk Neck, officially Teralina / Eaglehawk Neck, is a narrow isthmus that connects the Tasman Peninsula with the Forestier Peninsula, and hence to mainland Tasmania, Australia. The locality of Eaglehawk Neck is in the local government are ...
* Eddystone Point Lighthouse * Entally House * George III Monument * Highfield * Kangaroo Bluff *
Low Head Low Head is a rural residential locality in the local government area (LGA) of George Town Council, George Town in the Launceston LGA Region, Launceston LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about north of the town of George Town, Tasmania, G ...
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Lyons Cottage Lyons Cottage, as so known as British Australian Telegraph Company Residence, is one of the oldest remaining heritage buildings in the central business district in Darwin City in the Northern Territory of Australia. Early history Also known ...
* 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 locatio ...
* Tasman Monument *Toll House Historic Site, Toll House *Waubadebars Grave Historic Site, Waubadebars Grave *Yorktown Historic Site, Yorktown


National parks

A national park 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 *Maria Island National Park, Maria Island *Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park, Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair *Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers National Park, Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers *Savage River National Park, Savage River *Southwest National Park, Southwest *Walls of Jerusalem National Park, Walls of Jerusalem IUCN II *Ben Lomond National Park, Ben Lomond *Douglas-Apsley National Park, Douglas-Apsley *Freycinet National Park, Freycinet *Hartz Mountains National Park, Hartz Mountains *Kent Group National Park, Kent Group *Mole Creek Karst National Park, Mole Creek Karst *Mount Field National Park, Mount Field *Mount William National Park, Mount William *Narawntapu National Park, Narawntapu *Rocky Cape National Park, Rocky Cape *South Bruny National Park, South Bruny *Strzelecki National Park, Strzelecki *Tasman National Park, 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) * Maria Island (forms part of Maria Island National Park) * Port Davey, Tasmania, 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 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 par ...
V. IUCN III *Pirates Bay Nature Recreation Area, Pirates Bay *Trevallyn Nature Recreation Area, Trevallyn IUCN V *Black Bluff Nature Recreation Area, Black Bluff *Briant Hill Nature Recreation Area, Briant Hill *Coningham Nature Recreation Area, Coningham *Donaldson River Nature Recreation Area, Donaldson River *Gellibrand Point Nature Recreation Area, Gellibrand Point *Gordons Hill Nature Recreation Area, Gordons Hill *Hope Island Nature Recreation Area, Hope Island *Humbug Point Nature Recreation Area, Humbug Point *Kate Reed Nature Recreation Area, Kate Reed *Knopwood Hill Nature Recreation Area, Knopwood Hill *Lake Barrington Nature Recreation Area, Lake Barrington *Meehan Range Nature Recreation Area, Meehan Range *Mount Dial Nature Recreation Area, Mount Dial *Palana Beach Nature Recreation Area, Palana Beach *Recherche Bay Nature Recreation Area, Recherche Bay *Reynolds Falls Nature Recreation Area, Reynolds Falls *Rosny Hill Nature Recreation Area, Rosny Hill *Snug Tiers Nature Recreation Area, Snug Tiers IUCN VI *Emita Nature Recreation Area, Emita *Killiecrankie Nature Recreation Area, Killiecrankie *Mount Tanner Nature Recreation Area, 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 reserve (Australia), nature reserves covering a terrestrial area of about . Mostly
IUCN protected area category 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 par ...
Ia. IUCN Ia *Africa Gully Nature Reserve, Africa Gully *Albatross Island (Tasmania), Albatross Island *Andersons Nature Reserve, Andersons *Basin Nature Reserve, Basin *Bass Pyramid Nature Reserve, Bass Pyramid *Baynes Island Nature Reserve, Baynes Island *Black Pyramid Rock Nature Reserve, Black Pyramid Rock *Butlers Ridge Nature Reserve, Butlers Ridge *Calverts Hill Nature Reserve, Calverts Hill *Cape Bernier Nature Reserve, Cape Bernier *Cape Deslacs Nature Reserve, Cape Deslacs *Christmas Island Nature Reserve, Christmas Island *Coal River Gorge Nature Reserve, Coal River Gorge *Councillor Island Nature Reserve, Councillor Island *Curtis Island Nature Reserve, Curtis Island *Dead Dog Hill Nature Reserve, Dead Dog Hill *Dennes Hill Nature Reserve, Dennes Hill *Devils Tower Nature Reserve, Devils Tower *Diamond Island Nature Reserve, Diamond Island *Dickinsons Nature Reserve, Dickinsons *Dry Creek East Nature Reserve, Dry Creek East *Dry Creek South Nature Reserve, Dry Creek South *Dry Creek West Nature Reserve, Dry Creek West *Duckholes Lagoons Nature Reserve, Duckholes Lagoons *Elderslie Nature Reserve, Elderslie *Foster Islands Nature Reserve, Foster Islands *George Rocks Nature Reserve, George Rocks *Hardys Hill Nature Reserve, Hardys Hill *Hawley Nature Reserve, Hawley *Heathy Hills Nature Reserve, Heathy Hills *Hospital Creek Nature Reserve, Hospital Creek *Huntingdon Nature Reserve, Huntingdon *Ile Des Phoques Nature Reserve, Ile Des Phoques *Ironpot Gully Nature Reserve, Ironpot Gully *Isabella Island Nature Reserve, Isabella Island *Isle of Caves Nature Reserve, Isle of Caves *Kentford Forest Nature Reserve, Kentford Forest *Lachlan Island Nature Reserve, Lachlan Island *Lake Johnston Nature Reserve, Lake Johnston *Little Christmas Island Nature Reserve, Little Christmas Island *Little Swan Island Nature Reserve, Little Swan Island *Little Waterhouse Island Nature Reserve, Little Waterhouse Island *Low Islets Nature Reserve, Low Islets *Macquarie Island, Macquarie Island (World Heritage) *Mersey Hill Karst Nature Reserve, Mersey Hill Karst *Moriarty Rocks Nature Reserve, Moriarty Rocks *North East Islet Nature Reserve, North East Islet *Paddys Island Nature Reserve, Paddys Island *Pelham Nature Reserve, Pelham *Pelham North Nature Reserve, Pelham North *Pelham West Nature Reserve, Pelham West *Penguin Islet Nature Reserve, Penguin Islet *Powranna Nature Reserve, Powranna *Reid Rocks Nature Reserve, Reid Rocks *Rocka Rivulet Nature Reserve, Rocka Rivulet *Rodondo Island Nature Reserve, Rodondo Island *Sith Cala Nature Reserve, Sith Cala *Spectacle Islands Nature Reserve, Spectacle Islands *Tenth Island Nature Reserve, Tenth Island *The Doughboys Nature Reserve, The Doughboys *Tinderbox Nature Reserve, Tinderbox *West Moncoeur Island Nature Reserve, West Moncoeur Island *Wingaroo Nature Reserve, Wingaroo *Woodvine Nature Reserve, Woodvine *Wright Rock Nature Reserve, Wright Rock IUCN IV *Betsey Island Nature Reserve, Betsey Island *Big Green Island Nature Reserve, Big Green Island *Chappell Islands Nature Reserve, Chappell Islands *Cherry Tree Hill Nature Reserve, Cherry Tree Hill *East Kangaroo Island Nature Reserve, East Kangaroo Island *Green Island Nature Reserve, Green Island *Jordan Nature Reserve, Jordan *Muddy Lagoon Nature Reserve, Muddy Lagoon *Narrows Road Nature Reserve, Narrows Road *Native Point Nature Reserve, Native Point *Pitt Water Nature Reserve, Pitt Water *Three Sisters-Goat Island Nature Reserve, Three Sisters-Goat Island *Tom Gibson Nature Reserve, Tom Gibson *Township Lagoon Nature Reserve, Township Lagoon IUCN V *Badger Box Creek Nature Reserve, Badger Box Creek *Lily Lagoon Nature Reserve, Lily Lagoon


Marine nature reserves

Nature reserves that are marine protected areas cover about of state waters (includes Macquarie Island). *Governor Island Marine Nature Reserve, Governor Island *
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 197 ...
*Ninepin Point Marine Nature Reserve, Ninepin Point *Tinderbox Marine Nature Reserve, 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 Prospecting, 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 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 par ...
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IUCN III *Dip Falls Regional Reserve, Dip Falls *Hardings Falls Regional Reserve, Hardings Falls *Julius River Regional Reserve, Julius River *Lake Chisholm Regional Reserve, Lake Chisholm *Mount Puzzler Regional Reserve, Mount Puzzler *South Weld Regional Reserve, South Weld *Sumac Regional Reserve, Sumac IUCN IV *Andersons Creek Regional Reserve, Andersons Creek *Apslawn Regional Reserve, Apslawn *Arm River Regional Reserve, Arm River *Avenue River Regional Reserve, Avenue River *Badger River Regional Reserve, Badger River *Balfour Track Regional Reserve, Balfour Track *Bells Marsh Regional Reserve, Bells Marsh *Black Creek Regional Reserve, Black Creek *Black Jack Hill Regional Reserve, Black Jack Hill *Blue Tier Regional Reserve, Blue Tier *Boco Creek Regional Reserve, Boco Creek *Bond Tier Regional Reserve, Bond Tier *Bonneys Tier Regional Reserve, Bonneys Tier *Borradaile Regional Reserve, Borradaile *Break O'Day Regional Reserve, Break O'Day *Burns Peak Regional Reserve, Burns Peak *Caroline Creek Regional Reserve, Caroline Creek *Coppermine Creek Regional Reserve, Coppermine Creek *Crayfish Creek Regional Reserve, Crayfish Creek *Cygnet River Regional Reserve, Cygnet River *Deep Gully Regional Reserve, Deep Gully *Den Ranges Regional Reserve, Den Ranges *Derby Regional Reserve, Derby *Dial Range Regional Reserve, Dial Range *Dickies Ridge Regional Reserve, Dickies Ridge *Dip River Regional Reserve, Dip River *Dismal Swamp Regional Reserve, Dismal Swamp *Doctors Peak Regional Reserve, Doctors Peak *Dogs Head Hill Regional Reserve, Dogs Head Hill *Dove River Regional Reserve, Dove River *Emu Ground Regional Reserve, Emu Ground *Fords Pinnacle Regional Reserve, Fords Pinnacle *Frome Regional Reserve, Frome *German Town Regional Reserve, German Town *Hatfield River Regional Reserve, Hatfield River *Henty Regional Reserve, Henty *Huntsmans Cap Regional Reserve, Huntsmans Cap *Huskisson River Regional Reserve, Huskisson River *John Lynch Regional Reserve, John Lynch *Joy Creek Regional Reserve, Joy Creek *Kohls Falls Regional Reserve, Kohls Falls *Lady Binney Regional Reserve, Lady Binney *Lady Nelson Regional Reserve, Lady Nelson *Lake Pieman Regional Reserve, Lake Pieman *Laurel Creek Regional Reserve, Laurel Creek *Lefroy Regional Reserve, Lefroy *Lobster Rivulet Regional Reserve, Lobster Rivulet *Long Ridge Regional Reserve, Long Ridge *Lovells Creek Regional Reserve, Lovells Creek *Lower Marsh Creek Regional Reserve, Lower Marsh Creek *Luncheon Hill Regional Reserve, Luncheon Hill *Lutregala Creek Regional Reserve, Lutregala Creek *Mackintosh Regional Reserve, Mackintosh *Maggs Mountain Regional Reserve, Maggs Mountain *Martins Hill Regional Reserve, Martins Hill *Mathinna Falls Regional Reserve, Mathinna Falls *Mersey White Water Regional Reserve, Mersey White Water *Milkshake Hills Regional Reserve, Milkshake Hills *Montagu River Regional Reserve, Montagu River *Montagu Swamp Regional Reserve, Montagu Swamp *Mount Arthur Regional Reserve, Mount Arthur *Mount Careless Regional Reserve, Mount Careless *Mount Horror Regional Reserve, Mount Horror / Konewongener *Mount Kershaw Regional Reserve, Mount Kershaw *Mount Maurice Regional Reserve, Mount Maurice *Mount Stronach Regional Reserve, Mount Stronach *Mount Victoria Regional Reserve, Mount Victoria *Nicholas Range Regional Reserve, Nicholas Range *North Esk Regional Reserve, North Esk *North Scottsdale Regional Reserve, North Scottsdale *Nunamara Regional Reserve, Nunamara *Old Park Regional Reserve, Old Park *Oxberry Plains Regional Reserve, Oxberry Plains *Paradise Plains Regional Reserve, Paradise Plains *Parangana Sugarloaf Regional Reserve, Parangana Sugarloaf *Peaked Hill Regional Reserve, Peaked Hill *Pepper Hill Regional Reserve, Pepper Hill *Pipers River Regional Reserve, Pipers River *Porcupine Hill Regional Reserve, Porcupine Hill *Promised Land Regional Reserve, Promised Land *Prossers Regional Reserve, Prossers *Pruana Regional Reserve, Pruana *Rayners Hill Regional Reserve, Rayners Hill *Ringarooma River Regional Reserve, Ringarooma River *Roaring Magg Hill Regional Reserve, Roaring Magg Hill *Savage River Pipeline Regional Reserve, Savage River Pipeline *Sawmill Creek Regional Reserve, Sawmill Creek *Sawpit Ridge Regional Reserve, Sawpit Ridge *Scamander Regional Reserve, Scamander *Shakespeare Hills Regional Reserve, Shakespeare Hills *Snow Hill Regional Reserve, Snow Hill *Snowy River Regional Reserve, Snowy River *South Esk Regional Reserve, South Esk *Staverton Regional Reserve, Staverton *Swan River Regional Reserve, 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 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 par ...
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


See also

* Protected areas of Australia


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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Further reading




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