Southwest
Southwest National Park: Tasmania's Core Wilderness National Park and World Heritage Landscape
Mapping the remote buttongrass moorlands and rugged terrain of this expansive park.
Southwest National Park represents a significant protected area in Tasmania, Australia, spanning over 6,183 square kilometers. As the heart of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area, it showcases an extraordinary landscape characterized by vast buttongrass moorlands, ancient temperate rainforests, and dramatic mountainous terrain. This park is vital for its wilderness character and conservation significance, offering a unique opportunity to explore one of the Southern Hemisphere's last remaining untouched temperate wildernesses through its mapped geography and protected boundaries.
- Area
- 6,182.67 km²
- Established
- 1968
- IUCN
- II
- Relief
- Mountain

