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Mount William National Park Tasmania
IUCN category II (national park)
Stumpys Bay Beach
Nearest town or city	Scottsdale
Coordinates	40°56′16″S 148°15′13″E / 40.93778°S 148.25361°E / -40.93778; 148.25361
Established	1973
Area	184.39 km²
Managing authorities	Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service
Website	Mount William National Park
See also	Protected areas of Tasmania

Mount William is a national park, mountain, and locality in Tasmania (Australia), 234 km northeast of Hobart. Established in 1973 as an 8,640 hectares large national park, it has been expanded multiple times, reaching 13,806 ha in 1980 and 18,439 ha in 1999. The park is named after a hill that is 216m above sea level. In 2016, the official name of the mountain (but not the park) was changed to wukalina / Mount William.

Flora and fauna

The park provides protected habitat to eastern grey kangaroos, wombats, Bennetts wallabies, Tasmanian pademelons, echidnas, brush-tailed possums and Tasmanian devils.

See also

• Protected areas of Tasmania
• Mount William National Park travel guide from Wikivoyage

References

1. "Mount William National Park". Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
2. "Survey Co-ordination" (PDF). Tasmanian Government Gazette: 157. 27 January 2016. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
3. Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service: "Mt William National Park: Highlights" Archived 17 March 2015 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved 7 December 2012

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