Earth:Mount Etna Caves National Park
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Short description: Protected area in Queensland, Australia
| Mount Etna Caves National Park Queensland | |
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IUCN category II (national park) | |
 View from eastern summit. | |
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| Nearest town or city | The Caves |
| Coordinates | [ ⚑ ] : 23°09′37″S 150°28′31″E / 23.16028°S 150.47528°E |
| Established | 1994 |
| Area | 4.78 km2 (1.8 sq mi) |
| Managing authorities | Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service |
| Website | Mount Etna Caves National Park |
| See also | Protected areas of Queensland |
Mount Etna Caves is a national park in The Caves, Shire of Livingstone, Queensland, Australia, 544 km northwest of Brisbane.
The park's caves are the roosting site for more than 80 percent of Australia's breeding population of little bent-wing bats. It is also one of the few places in Australia supporting a colony of the endangered Ghost Bat.[1]
History
The Fitzroy Caves National Park was gazetted in 1973 with a focus on the protection of the bats rather than the caves. In 1990 it was renamed Mount Etna Caves National Park. In 1999 the park was extended to provide more protection to the caves.[2]
See also
- Protected areas of Queensland
References
- ↑ About Mount Etna Caves. Retrieved on 12 July 2013.
- ↑ Berrill, Peter; Vavryn, Dianne. "An overview of the Mount Etna campaign". p. 4. http://www.ackma.org/journal/72/An%20Overview%20of%20the%20Mt%20Etna%20campain%20-%20Peter%20Berill%20and%20Dianne%20Vavryn.pdf.
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