Protected areas of the Northern Territory

The Northern Territory contains 95 seperate Protected Areas with a total area of 5,350,533 hectares (land area: 5,126,866 hectares – 3.81% of the territory’s area). Ten of these are National parks, totalling 1,962,204 hectares (1.46% of the territory’s area). Four are Aboriginal National Parks, totalling 531,485 hectares (0.39% of the territory’s area). Another four are Commonwealth National Parks (managed by the Australian National Parks & Wildlife Service – Commonwealth Government), totalling 2,114,276 hectares (1.57% of the territory’s area).

National Parks in the Northern Territory:

• Barranyi (North Island) (Aboriginal)
• Charles Darwin
• Davenport Murchison
• Djukbinj (Aboriginal)
• Dulcie Ranges
• Elsey
• Finke Gorge
• Gregory
• Garig Gunak Barlu (Aboriginal - formerly Gurig National Park & Cobourg Marine Park)
• Jabiru (Commonwealth)
• Kakadu (Commonwealth)
• Kakadu Holiday Village (Commonwealth)
• Keep River
• Litchfield
• Mary River (proposed)
• Nitmiluk (Aboriginal)
• Uluru-Kata Tjuta (Commonwealth)
• Watarrka
• West Macdonnell

The Northern Territory also has:

• 15 Conservation Reserves (incl. 1 aboriginal)
• 15 Historical Reserves
• 1 Hunting Reserve
• 1 Management Agreement Area
• 1 Marine National Park (Marine Component of Garig Gunak Barlu National Park)
• 14 Nature Parks (incl. 1 aboriginal)
• 27 Other Conservation Reserves (OCA’s; incl. 1 combined OCA/Nature Park)
• 3 Protected Areas

See also National parks (Australia) for Parks in other states/territories.