Mary River National Park

Mary River National Park
Coordinates: 12 ° 54 ′ 27.7 ″  S , 131 ° 38 ′ 42.8 ″  E
Location:	Northern Territory , Australia
Specialty:	Wetlands, water holes
Next city:	Darwin
Surface:	1,140 km²
Founding:	2007

The Mary River National Park is a national park in the north of the Australian Northern Territory , 150 km east of Darwin and west of the Kakadu National Park . It consists of several parts on the Mary River , the McKinlay River and on the coast of the Arafura Sea . It was merged in 2007 from what were previously thirteen separate areas. The park can be reached via the Arnhem Highway .

Individual areas

The individual parts of the national park (and former protected areas) are:

• Mary River Conservation Reserve , Point Stuart Coastal Reserve and Stuart Tree Historical Reserve on Lake Arafura
• Alligator Lagoon Conservation Area , Shady Camp Conservation Area , Swim CreekConservation Area , Opium Creek Conservation Area , Boggy Springs Conservation Area , Jimmys Creek Conservation Area , Wildman River Conservation Area, and Annaburroo Delta Block Conservation Area on the north side of the Arnhem Highway
• Mary River Crossing Conservation Area and McKinlay River Conservation Area on the south side of the Arnhem Highway

Flora and fauna

The park offers wetlands , monsoon forests as well as forests in which the paperbark trees of the genus Melaleuca, named after their bark, predominate.

It provides a habitat for saltwater crocodiles ( Crocodylus porosus ), agile wallabies ( Macropus agilis ), giant storks ( Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus ), cleft-footed geese ( Anseranas semipalmata ) and barramundis ( Lates calcarifer ).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ A Guide for Employees (English) ( Memento of the original from April 27, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ Mary River National Park Fact Sheet (engl.) ( Memento of the original dated May 12, 2013 Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link is automatically inserted and not yet tested. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ^ Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas . Steve Parish Publishing Pty. Ltd. Archerfield QLD (2007). ISBN 978174193232-4 . P. 95
4. ^ Mary River National Park . Department of Natural Resources, Environment, The Arts and Sport. Northern Territory Government