Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park

The Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park is part of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Site. It is a large park with lakes, temperate rainforests and alpine heathland. Cradle Mountain is a jagged dolerite mountain peak. There are sites around the park where the Australian Aborigines lived 10,000 years ago during the last ice age. Tasmania's tallest mountain, Mt. Ossa, above sea level, is in the park.
An area of was protected in May 1922 as a scenic reserve, becoming a National Park in 1972. The National Park now covers an area of . There is a walking track, called the Overland Track, between Cradle Mountain and Lake St Clair.
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Other National Parks and reserves in the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area are:
Related pages.
Other National Parks and reserves in the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area are: