Karoo National Park

Karoo National Park
Karoo National Park
	Karoo landscape
	Location of the park
Location	Western Cape, South Africa
Nearest city	Beaufort West
Coordinates	32°15′43.9″S 22°18′32.8″E / 32.262194°S 22.309111°E
Area	767.9 km2 (296.5 sq mi)
Established	1979
Governing body	South African National Parks
	www.sanparks.org/parks/karoo/
Karoo National Park (South Africa) Karoo National Park (Western Cape)

The Karoo National Park is a wildlife reserve in the Great Karoo area of the Western Cape, South Africa near Beaufort West. This semi-desert area covers an area of 750 square kilometres (290 sq mi).^[1] The Nuweveld portion of the Great Escarpment runs through the Park. It is therefore partly in the Lower Karoo, at about 850 m above sea level, and partly in the Upper Karoo at over 1300 m altitude.^[2]

^ ^a ^b "Karoo National Park". Protected Planet. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
^ Atlas of Southern Africa. (1984). p. 102-103. Reader’s Digest Association, Cape Town