The Northern Territory contains 95 separate Protected Areas with a total area of 5,350,533 hectares (land area: 5,126,866 hectares – 3.81% of the territory’s area). Ten of these are National parks, totalling 1,962,204 hectares (1.46% of the territory’s area). Four are Aboriginal National Parks, totalling 531,485 hectares (0.39% of the territory’s area). Another four are Commonwealth National Parks (managed by the Australian National Parks & Wildlife Service – Commonwealth Government), totalling 2,114,276 hectares (1.57% of the territory’s area).

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1 Protected areas of the Northern Territory
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Protected areas of the Northern Territory

Conservation Reserves

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

Historical Reserves

  • Alice Springs Telegraph Station
  • Arltunga
  • Attack Creek
  • Barrow Creek Telegraph Station
  • 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

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

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