Keep River National Park
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{{Infobox Australian place
| type = protected
| name = Keep River National Park
| state = nt
| iucn_category = II
| image = Keep-River-Nationalpark, View from Gurrandalng.jpg
| caption = View from Gurrandalng
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| nearest_town_or_city = Kununurra
| area = 574.37
| established = {{start date|1981|04|15|df=y}}
| visitation_num = 23,200
| visitation_footnotes =
| managing_authorities = Parks and Wildlife Commission of the Northern Territory
| url = https://nt.gov.au/leisure/parks-reserves/find-a-park-to-visit/keep-river-national-park
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Keep River National Park is in the Northern Territory of Australia, 418 km southwest of Darwin and 468 km west of Katherine. The nearest town is Kununurra in Western Australia.
Environment
File:Aboriginal Rock Art in Keep River National Park.jpg
The park has a number of striking sandstone formations and there is an Indigenous Australian art site at the end of the walk along the floor of the Keep River Gorge. The park falls within the tribal area of the Mirriwung and Gadjerong people. Most of the land in the park also lies within the Keep River Important Bird Area, identified as such because of its importance for the conservation of the endangered Gouldian finch.BirdLife International. (2011). Important Bird Areas factsheet: Keep River. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 2011-07-15.
Access
Like most of the Top End parks, access can be restricted due to flooding in the wet season. The most comfortable period for visiting is between May and August when the temperature ranges from a maximum of 35 °C to a minimum of 10 °C.
See also
External links
- [http://parksandwildlife.nt.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0013/10552/KeepFS_11.pdf Official fact sheet and map]
- [https://nt.gov.au/leisure/parks-reserves/find-a-park/find-a-park-to-visit/keep-river-national-park Updated link for fact sheet]
- [https://norther.com.au/national-parks/keep-river-national-park/ Keep River National Park]
References
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{{National Parks of the Northern Territory}}
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Category:National parks of the Northern Territory
Category:Protected areas established in 1991
Category:1991 establishments in Australia
Category:Important Bird Areas of the Northern Territory
Category:Kimberley tropical savanna
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