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The Tasmanian Wilderness is an extensive, wet, temperate, wilderness area covering much of southern and western Tasmania. It is approximately 200 km (120 mi) north to south and averages 70 km (43 mi) east to west, or 1.38 million ha (3.4 million acres) before expansions in 2013.
Reflections on the rivulet from Deny King's boathouse Map of Southwest National Park. The South West Wilderness is an important part of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Site, and is therefore regarded as containing "superlative natural phenomena or areas of exceptional natural beauty and aesthetic importance".
Tarkine land tenure. The Tarkine is gazetted by the Tasmanian government as unbounded locality in north-west Tasmania [1] The generally accepted definition is the area between the Arthur River in the North, the Pieman River in the south, the ocean to the west and the Murchison Highway in the east.
South West Tasmania is a region in Tasmania that has evoked curiosity and wonder during the period of European presence on the island.. Initially relatively unexplored by Europeans, in the mid-twentieth century the area was considered for its potential resources for development.
South West Cape is a cape located at the south-west corner of Tasmania, Australia.The cape is situated in the south-western corner of the Southwest National Park, part of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area, approximately 140 kilometres (87 mi) southwest of Hobart in Tasmania, and about 65 kilometres (40 mi) west and slightly north of South East Cape.
It is a part of a chain of national parks and state reserves that make up the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area. Covering an area of 6,183 km 2 (2,387 sq mi), it is Tasmania's largest national park. [3] The park is well known for its pristine wilderness, remoteness and unpredictable severe weather. The area is largely unaffected by humans.
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The Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area was inscribed by UNESCO in 1982, where it is globally significant because "most UNESCO World Heritage sites meet only one or two of the ten criteria for that status. The Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area meets 7 out of 10 criteria.