Kakadu Highway

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Kakadu Highway
Australian State Route 21.svg
Basic data
Operator: NT Roads
Start of the street: N1 Stuart Highway
Pine Creek ( NT )
( 13 ° 49 ′  S , 131 ° 50 ′  E )
End of street: S36 Arnhem Highway
Jabiru ( NT )
( 12 ° 39 ′  S , 132 ° 50 ′  E )
Overall length: 204 km

States :

Northern Territory

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Crocodile Hotel in Jabiru
Course of the road
Locality Pine Creek N1 ( Stuart Highway )
crossing Frances Creek Road
flow Mary River
Gas station Rest stop Mary River Roadhouse
flow South Alligator River
crossing Old Jim Jim Road
flow Jim Jim Creek
crossing Cooinda Road
Locality Jabiru S36 ( Arnhem Highway ), Ubirr Road

The Kakadu Highway is a trunk road in the Australian Northern Territory . It connects the Stuart Highway at Pine Creek with the city of Jabiru in Kakadu National Park . The Kakadu Highway forms the southern route into Kakadu National Park.

course

Maguk on the Kakadu Highway
Nourlangie Rock on the Kakadu Highway

The Kakadu Highway begins in Pine Creek, a village 91 km north of Katherine and 230 km south of Darwin , where it branches off in a northeastern direction from the Stuart Highway.

After 48 km the road reaches the Mary River Roadhouse , which is located on the river of the same name and at the same time forms the entrance to the Kakadu National Park.

On its way the highway offers access to many tourist highlights of the Kakadu National Park. Smaller roads branching off the Kakadu Highway lead to the following locations: Gunlom Falls , Maguk Swimming Pools , Gagudju Lodge and the Warradjan Aboriginal Cultural Center , Jim Jim Falls , Twin Falls and Nourlangie Rock. There are also numerous lesser-known attractions along the Kakadu Highway. There are several campsites and lookout points along the highway. The Jim Jim Road , which branches off near Jim Jim Billabong , leads towards Darwin.

Eventually the Kakadu Highway reaches its terminus in Jabiru. This is the main town in Kakadu National Park. In addition to the Kakadu Highway, the Arnhem Highway (S36) meets here from the west , the Strait of Ubirr and the Border Store from the north and the Strait of Jabiru East, the airport and the Ranger uranium mine from the east .

The highest point on the highway is at 259 m, the lowest at 8 m.

source

Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas . Steve Parish Publishing. Archerfield QLD 2007. ISBN 978-1-74193-232-4 . P. 95

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ maps.bonzle.com - Kakadu Highway . Retrieved April 19, 2012.