Protected areas of the Northern Territory

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 1 Protected areas of the Northern Territory 1.1 Conservation Reserves 1.2 Historical Reserves 1.3 Hunting Reserves 1.4 Management Agreement Areas 1.5 National Parks 1.6 Nature Parks 1.7 Other Conservation Areas 1.8 Protected Areas 1.9 Indigenous Protected Areas 2 External links

Protected areas of the Northern Territory

Conservation Reserves

• Annas Reservoir
• Blackmore River
• Caranbirrini
• Connells Lagoon
• Corroboree Rock
• Devil's Marbles
• Ewaninga Rock Carvings
• Fogg Dam
• Henbury Meteorites
• Illamurta Springs
• Kuyunba
• Mac Clark (Acacia Peuce)
• Native Gap
• Newhaven Reserve
• Rainbow Valley
• Tnorala (Gosse Bluff) (aboriginal)

Historical Reserves

• Alice Springs Telegraph Station
• Arltunga
• Attack Creek
• Barrow Creek Telegraph Station
• Booya (ship)
• Central Mount Stuart
• Chambers Pillar
• Channel Island
• Gregorys Tree
• Heavitree Gap Police Station
• John Flynn Memorial
• John Flynns Grave
• Ryan Well
• Stuarts Tree
• Tennant Creek Telegraph Station
• Victoria River Depot

Hunting Reserves

• Howard Springs

Management Agreement Areas

• Junction Reserve

National Parks

• Barranyi (North Island) (Aboriginal)
• Charles Darwin
• Davenport Murchison
• Djukbinj (Aboriginal)
• Dulcie Ranges
• Elsey
• Finke Gorge
• Garig Gunak Barlu (Aboriginal - formerly Gurig National Park & Cobourg Marine Park)
• Gregory
• Jabiru (Commonwealth) (NOTE: it is not clear if this is a separate NP or if it is incorporated in Kakadu NP)
• Kakadu (Commonwealth)
• Keep River
• Litchfield
• Limmen (proposed)
• Mary River (proposed)
• Nitmiluk (Aboriginal)
• Uluru-Kata Tjuta (Commonwealth)
• Watarrka
• West Macdonnell

Nature Parks

• Butterfly Gorge
• Cutta Cutta Caves
• Emily And Jessie Gap
• Flora River
• Holmes Jungle
• Howard Springs
• Katherine Low Level
• Kintore Caves
• Leaning Tree Lagoon
• N'dhala Gorge
• Ruby Gap
• Trephina Gorge
• Umbrawarra Gorge
• Douglas Hot Springs (Tjuwaliyn) (aboriginal)

Other Conservation Areas

• Adelaide River Foreshore
• Alice Springs
• Alligator Lagoon
• Annaburroo Delta Block
• Berry Springs Access
• Black Jungle / Lambells Lagoon
• Casuarina
• Daly River
• Darwin
• Douglas / Daly Esplanade
• Harrison Dam
• Indian Island
• Knuckey Lagoons
• Manton Dam
• Mary River
• Mary River Crossing
• McKinley River
• Melacca Swamp
• Olloo Crossing
• Point Stuart
• Purta
• Shady Camp
• Swim Creek
• Tree Point
• Vernon Islands
• Wildman River
• Territory / Berry Springs (combined Wildlife / Nature Park)

Protected Areas

• Alice Springs Area
• Joint Geological / Geophysical Research Station
• Longreach Waterhole

Indigenous Protected Areas

• Angas Downs Indigenous Protected Area
• Anindilyakwa Indigenous Protected Area
• Dhimurru Indigenous Protected Area
• Djelk Indigenous Protected Area
• Laynhapuy Indigenous Protected Area
• Northern Tanami Indigenous Protected Area
• Warddeken Indigenous Protected Area

See also:

• Protected areas of Australia

External links

• Parks and Wildlife Commission of the Northern Territory