Blue Mountains National Park
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| Blue Mountains National Park | |
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| IUCN Category II (National Park) | |
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| Nearest town/city: | Katoomba |
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| Area: | 2482 km² |
| Managing authorities: | New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service |
| Official site: | Blue Mountains National Park |
The Blue Mountains National Park is a national park in New South Wales (Australia), 81 km west of Sydney, located in the Blue Mountains region of the Great Dividing Range. The mountains reach a height of 1100m, and have been given their name due to the blue haze that hovered above the mountains produced by the oil from the plentiful eucalyptus trees.[1]
The Blue Mountains National Park is part of the Greater Blue Mountains Area, listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.
The Three Sisters is one of the Blue Mountains National Park most important sites. They are pinacles of rock high above the eucalyptus canopy.
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