Ads
related to: kakadu national park environment authority
Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
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 ...
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 stockpile processing on 8 ...
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 ...
73 °F. 1,586.2 mm. 62.4 in. Jabiru is a town in the Northern Territory of Australia. Built in 1982, the town is completely surrounded by Kakadu National Park. At the 2016 census, Jabiru had a population of 1,081. It is named after the black-necked stork often seen in the wetlands and billabongs of Kakadu, [2] which is commonly referred to in ...
Coronation Hill. Coordinates: 13°35′16″S 132°36′18″E. Coronation Hill is a sandstone outcrop within Kakadu National Park in the Northern Territory of Australia. The area had been briefly mined for uranium at El Sherana in the 1950s and in 1988 proposals for new mining of gold were made. When mining was proposed in 1988 the area ...
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.