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Kakadu National Park is located within the Alligator Rivers Region of the Northern Territory, covering an area of 19,804 km 2 (7,646 sq mi), extending nearly 200 kilometres (124 mi) from north to south and over 100 kilometres (62 mi) from east to west. It is roughly the size of Wales or one-third the size of Tasmania, and is the second-largest ...
Kakadu National Park, located in the Northern Territory of Australia, possesses within its boundaries a number of large uranium deposits. The uranium is legally owned by the Australian Government, and is sold internationally, having a large effect on the Australian economy. The mining has been controversial, due to the widespread publicity ...
Cascade. Elevation. 168 metres (551 ft) AHD. Total height. 60–85 metres (197–279 ft) Watercourse. Waterfall Creek. The Gunlom Falls, formerly Waterfall Creek Falls, is a cascading waterfall on the Waterfall Creek located in the Kakadu National Park in the Northern Territory, Australia. The falls are also known as UDP Falls.
Jabiluka Mine. Jabiluka development site. Jabiluka is a pair of uranium deposits and mine development in the Northern Territory of Australia that was to have been built on land belonging to the Mirarr clan of Aboriginal people. The mine site is surrounded by, but not part of, the World Heritage –listed Kakadu National Park.
Ranger Uranium Mine. The Ranger Uranium Mine was a uranium mine in the Northern Territory of Australia. The site is surrounded by, but separate from Kakadu National Park, 230 km east of Darwin. The orebody was discovered in late 1969, and the mine commenced operation in 1980, reaching full production of uranium oxide in 1981 and ceased ...
Tips. You can see up to 50 miles from the Foothills Parkway, with the Smoky Mountains to the east and the Cumberland Mountains to the west. From its turnoffs, you can see the farthest edges of the ...
Ubirr, once referred to as Obiri Rock, so-named by C. P. Mountford, [1] is a rock formation within the East Alligator region of Kakadu National Park in the Northern Territory of Australia, and is known for its rock art. It consists of a group of rock outcrops on the edge of the Nadab floodplain where there are several natural shelters that have ...
Nourlangie Rock. Burrunggui (sometimes spelled Burrunguy, previously called Nourlangie Rock) is located in an outlying sandstone [1] formation of the Arnhem Land Escarpment within the Kakadu National Park in the Northern Territory of Australia. It is the traditional Country of the Gun-djeihmi speaking people and according to traditional owners ...