Protected area in the Northern Territory, Australia
| Iytwelepenty / Davenport Range National Park Davenport, Northern Territory | |
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| IUCN category II (national park) | |
 Iytwelepenty/Davenport Range National Park (outlined in green) | |
| Nearest town or city | Tennant Creek |
| Established | 1993 |
| Area | 1,278.47 km (493.6 sq mi) |
| Managing authorities | Parks and Wildlife Commission of the Northern Territory |
| Website | Iytwelepenty / Davenport Range National Park |
| See also | Protected areas of the Northern Territory |
Iytwelepenty / Davenport Range, or Davenport Ranges National Park (Iytwellepenty), previously the Davenport Murchison National Park, is a national park in the Northern Territory of Australia about 1,033 kilometres (642 mi) south-east of the territorial capital of Darwin, occupying around 1,120 km (430 sq mi)s of the Davenport Range. It lies within the Davenport Murchison Ranges bioregion, an area of 58,050 km (22,410 sq mi), with a climate ranging from semiarid to subtropical.
The mountains were caused by a tectonic event hundreds of millions of years ago, but recent images from space have shown that erosion occurred that exposed the ridges and valleys only around 100 million years ago. Amelia Creek crater, an ancient eroded impact crater lies within the Davenport Range in the area.
See also
Gallery
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Old Police Station Waterhole
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Old Police Station ruins
References
- "Place Names Register Extract for "Iytwelepenty / Davenport Ranges National Park"". NT Place Names Register. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
- ^ "CAPAD 2012 Northern Territory Summary (see 'DETAIL' tab)". CAPAD 2012. Australian Government – Department of the Environment. 7 February 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
- ^ "Northern Territory For Everyone: Davenport Murchision National Park". Northern Territory for Everyone. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
- ^ Davenport Murchison Ranges bioregion (PDF). Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 March 2014. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
- Hema, Maps (2007). Australia Road and 4WD Atlas (Map). Eight Mile Plains Queensland: Hema Maps. p. 101. ISBN 978-1-86500-456-3.
- "Davenport-Murchison Range, Northern Territory, Australia". NASA Earth Observatory. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
- "Earth Impact Database: Amelia Creek". Planetary and Space Science Centre, University of New Brunswick. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
External links
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