of the federal division of Grey and the state electoral districts of Flinders and Giles. Regions The peninsula is within the extent of the following two South Australian government regions - the Eyre Western and the Far North. Conservation Protected areas As at 2016, the following protected areas were located within the peninsula: Conservation parks - Acraman Creek, Barwell, Baird Bay Islands, Bascombe Well, Calpatanna Waterhole, Cape Blanche, Caralue Bluff, Carappee Hill, Cocata, Corrobinnie Hill, Darke Range, Franklin Harbor, Gawler Ranges, Heggaton, Hincks, Ironstone Hill, Kathai, Kellidie Bay, Kulliparu, Lake Gilles, Lake Newland, Laura Bay, Lincoln, Malgra, Middlecamp Hills, Moody Tank, Mount Dutton Bay, Munyaroo, Murrunatta, Peachna, Pinkawillinie, Point Labatt, Pureba (part), Rudall, Sceale Bay, Searcy Bay, Shannon, Sheoak Hill, Sleaford Mere, The Plug Range, Tucknott Scrub, Venus Bay, Verran Tanks, Wanilla, Wanilla Land Settlement, Wharminda, Whyalla, Wittelbee and Yeldulknie. Conservation reserves - Buckleboo, Cortlinye, Cunyarie, Lacroma, Moongi, Mootra, Pinkawillinie Reservoir, Poolgarra and Tola. National parks - Coffin Bay, Lincoln and Gawler Ranges. Recreation parks - Caratoola. Wilderness protection areas - Hambridge, Hincks and Memory Cove. Disasters The peninsula coastline is littered with shipwrecks from the 19th and 20th centuries. In the 1920s, seven people were killed during the construction of the Tod Reservoir, north of Port Lincoln. In January 2005, nine people were killed in the major Eyre Peninsula Bushfire. Physiography The area is also known as the Eyre Coastal Plain, is part of the Eyre Yorke Block bioregion, and is a distinct physiographic section of the larger Eucla Basin province, which in turn is part of the larger West Australian Shield division. References External links Eyre Peninsula – Australia's Seafood Frontier – official tourism website SouthAustralia.com Eyre Peninsula – Travel Guides, Accommodation, Online Booking Seafood Frontier – Smoky Bay Physiographic sections Eyre Yorke Block