Narawntapu National Park

Narawntapu National Park
The Bakers Beach area
Coordinates: 41 ° 7 ′ 58 ″  S , 146 ° 39 ′ 24 ″  E
Location:	Tasmania , Australia
Specialty:	species-rich fauna
Next city:	Scottsdale
Surface:	43.49 km²
Founding:	1976
Landscape in the national park

The Narawntapu National Park is in the northern to Australia belonging island Tasmania on the Bass Strait that separates Tasmania from Australia. The national park is about 205 km north of Hobart and is located between Port Sorell in the west and the mouth of the Tamar River in the east. Offshore islands are also included in the national park.

history

The park was originally placed under protection on June 29, 1976 under the name Asbestos Range National Park. Due to concerns that the word asbestos might scare off potential visitors, the name was changed to Narawntapu, a native name for the coastal promontory within the park.

Flora and fauna

Due to the enormous biodiversity, the national park is also called Tasmania's Serengeti . In particular, the high number of marsupials is significant, e.g. B. Eastern gray giant kangaroo , red-necked wallaby , red-bellied filander , bare-nosed wombat , Tasmanian devil , short-billed hedgehog, and platypus . There are also numerous species of birds, including endangered species such as the caped ringed plover , the macaw , and the swallow- tailed parakeet .

Web links

Commons : Narawntapu National Park  - Collection of Images, Videos, and Audio Files

• Narawntapu National Park . Parks Tasmania (Engl.)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Narawntapu National Park, Hawley Nature Reserve - Management Plan 2000 . Parks and Wildlife Service, Tasmania, PDF ( Memento of the original from July 22, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.