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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, occupying around s of the Davenport Range.subtropical
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.tectonic
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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 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
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