| LOCATION |
| Map |
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| Address |
212 Quarry Road CURRAMULKA |
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| Accuracy |
H - high level confidence |
| Council Area |
Yorke Peninsula Council |
| Polygon Type |
P - parcel (from DCDB) |
| DESCRIPTION |
| Details (Known As) |
Corra Lynn Cave [Designated as a place of palaeontological and speleological significance] |
| Registered Name |
Corra Lynn Cave |
| Significance |
STATEMENT OF HERITAGE SIGNIFICANCE:
Corra Lynn Cave contains extensive fossil deposits including the only known cave deposits of Late Miocene and Pliocene age (6 - 2 Million years ago) in South Australia. Ancestors of modern marsupials including kangaroos, bandicoots, koalas and possums have been discovered and several species are new to science and not yet described. The cave's fossil deposits provide an opportunity to investigate and understand the evolution of South Australia's fauna. In addition, it is the best example of a maze cave in South Australia.
STATEMENT OF PALAEONTOLOGICAL DESIGNATION:
The Corra Lynn Cave has considerable palaeontological significance, with fossil deposits covering a period that has not been found in any other South Australian caves. These deposits include fossils from the late Miocene and Pliocene epochs, a period rare in the context of South Australian fossil finds.
In addition to this, the cave also has fossils of a comparable age with other sites. This allows geographic as well as temporal comparisons with other sites building a more complete picture of faunal evolution in South Australia.
STATEMENT OF SPELEOLOGICAL DESIGNATION:
The Corra Lynn cave system is one of the longest in the State. South Australia has a number of areas of karst where there has been significant cave development. The south east of South Australia and the Nullarbor Plains caves have developed in Tertiary aged limestone and generally follow a single plane of development. The Flinders Ranges contains many caves in Pre Cambrian and Cambrian limestone of a similar age as Corra Lynn, but most of these are small and none exhibit the strong maze style of development that Corra Lynn Cave does.
As at 2011, Corra Lynn is the second longest cave in terms of cave passage in South Australia and in the top ten in Australia. In terms of maze-type cave development, it has no rival in South Australia.
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| Subject Index |
Landscape area - Speleological Site; Landscape area - Palaeontological Site |
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| STATUS |
| Status Code |
REG - Confirmed as a State Heritage Place in the SA Heritage Register |
| Status Date |
25-OCT-2013 |
| REFERENCE |
| LGA |
Yorke Peninsula |
| State Heritage ID |
22798 |
| Heritage Number |
26480 |
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| SECTION 16 INFORMATION |
| Section 16 |
b - it has rare, uncommon or endangered qualities that are of cultural significance
c - it may yield information that will contribute to an understanding of the State's history, including its natural history
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| PLAN PARCEL & TITLE |
| As listed in the SA Heritage Register |
| Plan Parcel & Title Information |
CT 5678/905 H130400 S34 |