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).

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)
• Jabiru (Commonwealth) (NOTE: it is not clear if this is a separate NP or if it is incorporated in Kakadu NP)
• Judbarra / Gregory (formerly Gregory National Park)
• Kakadu (Commonwealth)
• Keep River
• Litchfield
• Limmen (proposed)
• Mary River (proposed)
• Nitmiluk (Aboriginal)
• Uluru-Kata Tjuta (Commonwealth)
• Watarrka
• West Macdonnell

Nature Parks

Holmes Jungle Nature Park

• 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 Desert Park
• Alligator Lagoon
• Annaburroo Delta Block
• Berry Springs Access
• Black Jungle / Lambells Lagoon
• Casuarina
• Daly River Conservation Area
• Darwin Botanic Gardens
• Douglas / Daly Esplanade
• Harrison Dam Conservation Area
• Indian Island Forest Reserve
• Knuckey Lagoons Conservation Reserve
• Manton Dam Recreation Area
• Mary River Conservation Reserve
• Mary River Crossing
• McKinley River
• Melacca Swamp
• Olloo Crossing
• Point Stuart Coastal Reserve
• Purta Co-management Area
• Shady Camp
• Swim Creek
• Tree Point
• Vernon Islands
• Wildman River
• Territory Wildlife Park / Berry Springs Nature Park (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