Garig Gunak Barlu National Park
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Garig Gunak Barlu is a
national park A national park is a nature park designated for conservation (ethic), conservation purposes because of unparalleled national natural, historic, or cultural significance. It is an area of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that is protecte ...
in the
Northern Territory The Northern Territory (abbreviated as NT; known formally as the Northern Territory of Australia and informally as the Territory) is an states and territories of Australia, Australian internal territory in the central and central-northern regi ...
of
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on the
Cobourg Peninsula The Cobourg Peninsula is a peninsula located east of Darwin in the Northern Territory, Australia. It is deeply indented with coves and bays, covers a land area of about , and is virtually uninhabited with a population ranging from about 20 ...
and some adjoining waters about north-east of the territory capital of Darwin. It was established by joining the former Gurig National Park and the Cobourg Marine Park. Its name derives from the local Garig language, and the words ''gunak'' 'land' and ''barlu'' 'deep water'. The national park consists of all land of the Cobourg Peninsula, of Burford Island, the Sir George Hope Islands (from west to east Greenhill, Wangoindjung, Warldagawaji, Morse, Wunmiyi), Mogogout Island and Endyalgout Island (117.4 km2) to the south of the peninsula, and of adjacent waters.
Croker Island Croker Island is an island in the Arafura Sea off the coast of the Northern Territory, Australia, northeast of Darwin, Northern Territory, Darwin. It was the site of the Croker Island Mission between 1940 and 1968. Indigenous peoples At the ...
, although close east of the peninsula, is not part of the park. It is categorized as an
IUCN The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is an international organization working in the field of nature conservation and sustainable use of natural resources. Founded in 1948, IUCN has become the global authority on the status ...
Category II protected area. All six species of Australian marine turtle live in the area of ocean which is included in the park— green sea turtles, hawksbill sea turtles, flatback sea turtles, leatherback sea turtles, and olive ridley sea turtles. The surrounding ocean is also inhabited by sharks and
cetaceans Cetacea (; , ) is an infraorder of aquatic mammals belonging to the order Artiodactyla that includes whales, dolphins and porpoises. Key characteristics are their fully aquatic lifestyle, streamlined body shape, often large size and exclusively c ...
, and saltwater crocodiles live near the coast. On land, over 200 species of bird are found in the park, as are several species of mammal.


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Protected areas of the Northern Territory Protection is any measure taken to guard something against damage caused by outside forces. Protection can be provided to physical objects, including organisms, to systems, and to intangible things like civil and political rights. Althoug ...


References


External links


NASA Earth Observatory

Garig Gunak National Park Website

Official fact sheet and map
Arnhem Land tropical savanna Cobourg Peninsula National parks of the Northern Territory Protected areas established in 2000 Ramsar sites in Australia 2000 establishments in Australia {{Australia-protected-area-stub