Coorong-Nationalpark

The Coorong National Park is a national park on the coast of the Australian state of South Australia, 156 km south-east of Adelaide. The western boundary of the park lies at the mouth of the Murray River. Part of the park is the Younghusband Peninsula, a 145 km long, narrow, running parallel to the coast of the peninsula.

The park was established in 1966 as a sanctuary for birds, animals and fish. Migratory birds use the region as a stop on their migrations. The 467 km ² of the park are formed by dunes, lagoons and coastal vegetation. A special feature of the Coorong is the mixing of fresh water from the Murray River and the groundwater with saltwater from the Southern Ocean in the area between the peninsula and the mainland, which allows a wide variety of flora and fauna.

Archaeological finds of artifacts and burial sites of Aboriginal indicate a millennia- long use of the region by humans. The term " Coorong " has its origin in the language of the Ngarrindjeri and means something like " long neck " (Eng. long neck ).