Nambung National Park
Nambung National Park is located in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, 200 kilometers (120 miles) northwest of Perth, the state capital, and 17 kilometers (11 miles) south of the coastal town of Cervantes. The park includes the Pinnacles Desert, an area with thousands of limestone formations known as pinnacles. The park’s name comes from an indigenous Australian word that may mean “crooked” or “winding.” This word was used in 1938 when naming the Nambung River, which flows into the park and disappears into a cave system in the limestone.