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Murchison Ranges
__NOTOC__ Iytwelepenty / Davenport Range, or Davenport Ranges National Park (Iytwellepenty), previously the Davenport Murchison National Park, is a national park in the Northern Territory of Australia about south-east of the territorial capital of Darwin, Northern Territory, Darwin, occupying around s of the Davenport Range. It lies within the Davenport Murchison Ranges bioregion, an area of , with a climate ranging from semiarid to subtropical. The mountains were caused by a tectonic event hundreds of millions of years ago, but recent images from space have shown that erosion occurred that exposed the ridges and valleys only around 100 million years ago. Amelia Creek crater, an ancient eroded impact crater lies within the Davenport Range in the area. See also * Protected areas of the Northern Territory Gallery Image:P4150010 Old Police Station Waterhole - Iytwelepenty - Davenport Ranges National Park.jpg, Old Police Station Waterhole Image:Old Police Station ruins at Old P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Davenport, Northern Territory
__NOTOC__ Davenport is a locality in the Northern Territory of Australia located about south of the territory capital of Darwin. The locality consists of the following land (from west to east): #The Singleton and Neutral Junction pastoral leases, #The Kurundi and Murray Downs pastoral leases, and the Mungkarta Aboriginal Lands Trust, #The Epenarra pastoral lease, the Warumungu and Anurrete Aboriginal Lands Trusts and the Elkedra pastoral lease. The locality fully surrounds the communities of Ali Curung, Tara and Wutungurra. As of 2020, it has an area of . The locality's boundaries and name were gazetted on 4 April 2007. Its name is derived from the mountain range which was named in 1860 by John McDouall Stuart as the Davenport Range after Samuel Davenport, a South Australian politician. Davenport includes the following places that have been listed on the Northern Territory Heritage Register – the Barrow Creek Hotel, the Barrow Creek Telegraph Station and the Neutr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |