Central Plateau Conservation Area

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{{Infobox Australian place

| type = protected

| name = Central Plateau Conservation Area

| state = tas

| iucn_category = VI

| image = Pine Lagoon, Central Plateau Conservation Area, Tasmania.jpg

| caption = Pine Lagoon, Central Pateau Conservation Area, in June 2013

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| coordinates = {{coord|41|51|1|S|146|33|28|E|display=inline,title}}

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| area = 908.7

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| established = 1978

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| managing_authorities = Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service

| url = https://parks.tas.gov.au/explore-our-parks/central-plateau-conservation-area

| pop =

| pop_year = 2016 census

| pop_footnotes={{cite web |url=https://quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au/census_services/getproduct/census/2016/quickstat/SSC60105?opendocument|title=2016 Census Quick Stats Central Plateau (Tas.) |author= |date=23 October 2017 |website=quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au |publisher=Australian Bureau of Statistics |access-date=20 July 2020 }}

| postcode = 7304

| elevation =

| region = Central, Launceston

| location1 = Hamilton

| dist1 = 117

| dir1 = NW

| lga = Central Highlands, Meander Valley

| stategov = Lyons

| fedgov = Lyons

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{{Infobox UNESCO World Heritage Site

|child = yes

|ID = 181

|Year = 1982

|Criteria = Cultural: iii, iv, vi, vii; natural: viii, ix, x

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Central Plateau Conservation Area is an animal and plant conservation area in Tasmania, Australia.{{Citation | author1=Tasmania. National Parks and Wildlife Service | title=Walls of Jerusalem National Park and Central Plateau Conservation Area | publication-date=1984 | publisher=National Parks and Wildlife Service | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/26996234 | access-date=10 July 2012 }} It is adjacent to the Walls of Jerusalem National Park.

The Central Plateau of Tasmania is the largest area of high ground in Tasmania. It is bound to the north east by the Great Western Tiers, many hydro electric schemes emanating from rivers that flow to the south - and to the west by Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park.

Central Plateau is a large rural locality in the local government areas of Central Highlands and Meander Valley in the Central and Launceston regions of Tasmania. Its central point, to the west of Great Lake, is about {{convert|117|km}} north-west of the town of Hamilton. The 2016 census has a population of nil for the state suburb of Central Plateau.

Central Plateau is a confirmed suburb/locality.{{cite web |url=https://www.placenames.tas.gov.au/#p1 |title=Placenames Tasmania – Central Plateau |author= |publisher=Placenames Tasmania |access-date=20 July 2020 |at=Select “Search”, enter "38974G", click “Search”, select row, map is displayed, click “Details”}}