__NOTOC__ Iytwelepenty / Davenport Range, or Davenport Ranges National Park (Iytwellepenty), previously the Davenport Murchison National Park, is a

national park A national park is a nature park, natural park in use for conservation (ethic), conservation purposes, created and protected by national governments. Often it is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state dec ...

in the Northern Territory of Australia about south-east of the territorial capital of

Darwin Darwin may refer to: Common meanings * Charles Darwin (1809–1882), English naturalist and writer, best known as the originator of the theory of biological evolution by natural selection * Darwin, Northern Territory, a territorial capital city i ...

, 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 subtropical zones or subtropics are geographical zone, geographical and Köppen climate classification, climate zones to the Northern Hemisphere, north and Southern Hemisphere, south of the tropics. Geographically part of the Geographical z ...

. 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.

Gallery

Image:P4150010 Old Police Station Waterhole - Iytwelepenty - Davenport Ranges National Park.jpg, Old Police Station Waterhole Image:Old Police Station ruins at Old Police Station Waterhole - Iytwelepenty - Davenport Ranges National Park.jpg, Old Police Station ruins

References

External links

Official fact sheet and map
National parks of the Northern Territory Protected areas established in 1993 1993 establishments in Australia {{Australia-protected-area-stub

See also

Gallery

References

External links