Kep National Park

{{Short description|Cambodian national park}}

{{Infobox protected area

| name = Kep National Park

| alt_name = {{lang|km|ឧទ្យានជាតិកែប}}

| iucn_category = II

| iucn_ref ={{cite web |author=Protected Planet |date=2023 |title=Kep National Park |url=https://www.protectedplanet.net/68857 |publisher=United Nations Environment World Conservation Monitoring Centre |access-date=24 August 2023}}

| photo = Kep National Park 6.jpg

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| map = Cambodia

| relief = yes

| map_caption = Park location in Cambodia

| location = Kep Province, Cambodia

| nearest_city = Kep

| coordinates = {{coords|10.50614988|104.30800459|region:KH|display=inline, title}}

| area_km2 = 11.52

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| established = 1993

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Kep National Park ({{langx|km|ឧទ្យានជាតិកែប}}) is a national park in Cambodia's Kep Province that was established in 1993 and covers an area of {{convert|11.52|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}. The nearest town lies at Kep.

The park includes a small mountain range and a number of hiking trails. The trails offer views of Phu Quoc and the Bokor Ranges on the south and west sides, and also views across islands of the Vietnamese marine reserve in Kiên Giang to the east side.{{cite web | title = Best Trails in Kep | url = https://www.alltrails.com/cambodia/kampot/kep | publisher = AllTrails | access-date = 24 August 2023}}[http://www.unesco.org/mabdb/br/brdir/directory/biores.asp?code=VIE+05&mode=all Kiên Giang UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve] UNESCO

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Sources

  • [http://www.mekong-protected-areas.org/cambodia/pa-map.htm Protected Areas and Development in The Lower Mekong River Region] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927190625/http://www.mekong-protected-areas.org/cambodia/pa-map.htm |date=2011-09-27 }}, International Centre for Environmental Management.
  • [http://www.wdpa.org/siteSheet.aspx?sitecode=68857 Kep National Park]{{Dead link|date=May 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} in the [https://web.archive.org/web/20090804170907/http://www.wdpa.org/ UNEP-WCMC World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA)] from the World Conservation Monitoring Centre