world.wikisort.org - Australia

Search / Calendar

The Mount Royal National Park is a protected national park located in the Hunter region of New South Wales, Australia. Gazetted in 1997, the 6,920-hectare (17,100-acre) park is situated approximately 187 kilometres (116 mi) north of Sydney.

Mount Royal National Park
New South Wales
IUCN category II (national park)
Eucalyptus on a steep ridge near Mount Royal
Mount Royal National Park
Coordinates32°12′1″S 151°19′25″E
Established1 January 1997 (1997-01-01)[1]
Area69 km2 (26.6 sq mi)[1]
Managing authoritiesNSW National Parks & Wildlife Service
WebsiteMount Royal National Park
See alsoProtected areas of
New South Wales

The park is part of the Barrington Tops group World Heritage Site Gondwana Rainforests of Australia inscribed in 1986[2] and added to the Australian National Heritage List in 2007.[3]

During the 2019 Australian Bushfire Season, the park was damaged by the ‘Mount Royal 1’ fire.


Major Peaks


Mount Royal is the highest peak at 1,186m.

Pieres Peak is a major peak south of Mount Royal at 986m.


Fauna


The park is home to endangered animal species such as parma wallaby, rufous scrub bird, paradise riflebird, hastings river mouse and the glossy black-cockatoo.

The animals that live here do not seem to have evolved, today they look like their fossil remains.[4]


See also



References


  1. "Mount Royal National Park". Office of Environment and Heritage. Government of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
  2. "Gondwana Rainforests of Australia". Department of the Environment. Australian Government. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
  3. "Gondwana Rainforests of Australia, Lismore, NSW, Australia". Australian Heritage Database: Department of the Environment. Australian Government. 2014. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
  4. "Mount Royal National Park | Learn more". NSW National Parks. Retrieved 12 November 2021.





Текст в блоке "Читать" взят с сайта "Википедия" и доступен по лицензии Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike; в отдельных случаях могут действовать дополнительные условия.

Другой контент может иметь иную лицензию. Перед использованием материалов сайта WikiSort.org внимательно изучите правила лицензирования конкретных элементов наполнения сайта.

2019-2025
WikiSort.org - проект по пересортировке и дополнению контента Википедии