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Protected areas of the Northern Territory

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Protected areas of the Northern Territory

The Protected areas of the Northern Territory contains 95 separate protected areas with a total area of 53,505 km² (land area: 51,269 km² – 3.81% of the territory’s area). Ten of these are National parks, totalling 19,622 km² (1.46% of the territory’s area). Four are Aboriginal National Parks, totalling 5,315 km² (0.39% of the territory’s area). Another four are Commonwealth National Parks (managed by the Australian National Parks & Wildlife Service – Commonwealth Government), totalling 21,143 km² (1.57% of the territory’s area).

Contents

Coastal Reserves

  • Casuarina
  • Channel Point
  • Shoal Bay

    • Conservation Covenants

  • Lake Woods
  • Gouldian Finch

    • Conservation Reserves

  • Anna's Reservoir
  • Blackmore River
  • Bullwaddy
  • Caranbirini
  • Connells Lagoon
  • Corroboree Rock
  • Ewaninga Rock Carvings
  • Fogg Dam
  • Henbury Meteorites
  • Illamurta Springs
  • Karlu Karlu / Devils Marbles
  • Kuyunba
  • Mac Clark (Acacia peuce)
  • Native Gap
  • Rainbow Valley
  • Tnorala (Gosse Bluff) (Aboriginal) (See Gosses Bluff crater for information about the impact crater)

    • Historical Reserves

  • Alice Springs Telegraph Station
  • Arltunga
  • Attack Creek
  • Barrow Creek Telegraph Station
  • Central Mt Stuart (See Central Mount Stuart)
  • Chambers Pillar
  • Frew Ponds Overland Telegraph Line
  • Gregory's Tree
  • Heavitree Gap Police Station (See Heavitree Gap)
  • John Flynn
  • John Flynn's Grave
  • Ryan Well
  • Tennant Creek Telegraph Station
  • Victoria River Depot

    • Historical Shipwrecks

  • Booya

    • Hunting Reserves

  • Howard Springs

    • Management Agreement Areas

  • Buffalo Creek
  • Channel Island
  • Junction Reserve

    • Marine Parks

  • Limmen Bight

    • Marine Reserves

  • Arafura (proposed)
  • Arnhem (proposed)
  • Limmen (proposed)
  • Wessel (proposed)

    • National Parks

  • Barranyi (North Island) (Aboriginal)
  • Charles Darwin
  • Djukbinj (Aboriginal)
  • Dulcie Range
  • Elsey
  • Finke Gorge
  • Garig Gunak Barlu (Aboriginal - formerly Gurig National Park & Cobourg Marine Park)
  • Iytwelepenty / Davenport Range (formerly Davenport Murchison National Park)
  • Judbarra / Gregory (formerly Gregory National Park)
  • Keep River
  • Limmen
  • Litchfield
  • Mary River
  • Nitmiluk (Aboriginal)
  • Watarrka
  • West MacDonnell

    • Nature Parks

  • Berry Springs
  • Butterfly Gorge
  • Cutta Cutta Caves
  • Emily and Jessie Gaps
  • Giwining / Flora River
  • Holmes Jungle
  • Howard Springs
  • Katherine Low Level
  • Kintore Caves
  • Leaning Tree Lagoon
  • Mataranka Pool
  • N'Dhala Gorge
  • Ruby Gap
  • Tjuwaliyn (Douglas) Hot Springs (Aboriginal)
  • Trephina Gorge
  • Umbrawarra Gorge

    • Protected Areas

  • Ilparpa Swamp Wildlife
  • Joint Geological / Geophysical Research Station
  • Longreach Waterhole

    • Other Conservation Areas

  • Adelaide River Foreshore
  • Alice Springs Desert Park
  • Black Jungle Conservation Reserve
  • Daly River (Mt Nancar) Conservation Reserve
  • Douglas River / Daly River Esplanade
  • George Brown Darwin Botanic Gardens
  • Harrison Dam Conservation Reserve
  • Indian Island
  • Knuckey Lagoons Conservation Reserve
  • Lambell's Lagoon Conservation Resource
  • Leanyer Recreation Park
  • Manton Dam Recreation Area
  • Melacca Swamp
  • Oolloo Crossing
  • Owen Springs Reserve
  • Spirit Hills Wilderness
  • Stray Creek
  • Territory Wildlife Park
  • Tree Point
  • Vernon Islands Conservation Reserve
  • Wearyan River (Manangoora) Cycad Site

    • Indigenous Protected Areas

    The following Indigenous Protected Areas have been established in the Northern Territory:

  • Angas Downs
  • Anindilyakwa
  • Dhimurru
  • Djelk
  • Laynhapuy
  • Marri-Jabin (Thamurrurr)
  • Northern Tanami
  • Southern Tanami
  • Warddeken
  • Yanyuwa

    • National parks

    The following national parks are managed by the Director of National Parks on the behalf of the Australian government and indigenous land owners:

  • Kakadu (Commonwealth)
  • Uluru-Kata Tjuta (Commonwealth)

    • Australian Wildlife Conservancy sanctuaries

    Australian Wildlife Conservancy owns and operates the following private protected areas in the Northern Territory:

  • Fish River Station (in progress)
  • Henbury Station (in progress)
  • Newhaven
  • Pungalina-Seven Emu
  • Wongalara

    • References

    Protected areas of the Northern Territory Wikipedia
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