Mitchell River National Park (Western Australia)

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Mitchell River National Park
The Mitchell River in the national park of the same name
The Mitchell River in the national park of the same name
Mitchell River National Park (Western Australia) (Western Australia)
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Coordinates: 14 ° 48 ′ 24 ″  S , 125 ° 42 ′ 29 ″  E
Location: Western Australia , Australia
Specialty: Waterfalls and water holes
Next city: Wyndham ; Derby
Surface: 1,153 km²
Founding: 2000
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The 1153 km² Mitchell River National Park in the Kimberley is located in Western Australia , Australia . The national park is 350 km northeast of Derby and 270 km northwest of Wyndham . The Mitchell Plateau in Mitchell River National Park and the Mitchell River flowing through it were named in 1921 by W. R. Eastmann after the Australian Prime Minister of Western Australia Sir James Mitchell .

park

The park can only be accessed by four -wheel drive vehicles along the Mitchell Plateau Track from Kalumburu Road . It belongs to the Ngauwudu Management Area. Three Aboriginal people live in the park , the Worrora, Wunambal-Gaambera and Ngarinyin.

Mitchell Waterfall and Surveyors Pool are the most notable natural phenomena in the national park. Mertens Creek has to be followed to the 80 meter high Mitchell Falls . From there, you can go to Little Merten Falls on a stone-marked hiking trail , at the foot of which you can take a bath. The Surveyor Pool is buried in a sandstone deposit. The drinking water quality pool is 15 miles north of a miners camp on Port Warrender Road. You can only drive up to 4 km with vehicles, the rest is on foot.

Flora and fauna

There are around 50 mammal, 220 bird and 86 reptile and amphibian species as well as the saltwater crocodile and snake species such as the Mulga snake ( Pseudechis australis ) and a Taipan species in the park . Eucalyptus trees and bushes dominate the park landscape .

The Mitchell River flows through the park and flows into Walmsley Bay, a side bay of the Admiralty Gulf , and into the Indian Ocean near Port Warrender . The river digs through valleys of reddish sandstone and tumbles over waterfalls along the Mitchell Plateau. In some areas of the plateau endemic fan palms ( Livistona eastonii ) grow on red-colored laterite in the Kimberley .

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