Iytwelepenty / Davenport Range National Park

Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use Australian English Template:Infobox protected area Iytwelepenty / Davenport Range, or Davenport Ranges National Park (Iytwellepenty),<ref name=everyone/> previously the Davenport Murchison National Park,<ref name=bioregion/> is a national park in the Northern Territory of Australia about Template:Convert south-east of the territorial capital of Darwin,<ref>Template:Cite map</ref> occupying around Template:Cvts of the Davenport Range.<ref name=everyone>Template:Cite web</ref> It lies within the Davenport Murchison Ranges bioregion, an area of Template:Cvt, with a climate ranging from semiarid to subtropical.<ref name=bioregion>Template:Cite book</ref>

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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Amelia Creek crater, an ancient eroded impact crater lies within the Davenport Range in the area.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

See also

• Protected areas of the Northern Territory

Gallery

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  Old Police Station Waterhole
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  Old Police Station ruins

External links

• Official fact sheet and map

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