Elsey National Park

Elsey National Park
Northern Territory
Elsey National Park; Northern Territory
IUCN category II (national park)
	Map of Elsey National Park
Nearest town or city	Mataranka
Established	1991
Area	138.96 km2 (53.7 sq mi)
Managing authorities	Parks and Wildlife Commission of the Northern Territory;
Website	Elsey National Park
See also	Protected areas of the Northern Territory

Elsey is a national park in the Northern Territory of Australia,^[2] extending from 2 km to 19 km east of Mataranka and 378 km southeast of Darwin.^[3]

Features of the park include Mataranka Falls,^[4] and the “Mataranka Thermal Pools”^[5]^[6]

The thermal springs are home to a well known colony of the little red fruit-bat, species Pteropus scapulatus, an attraction that has also been discouraged from inhabiting the site for the strong odour of their camps. These fruit eating bats roost during the day at the stands of bamboo, often in large numbers, and leave at night to feed on nectar from trees.^[7]

Bitter Springs
Trees in Elsey National Park
Elsey National Park.
Walter Baldwin Spencer - Crossing Salt Creek near the Roper River, July 1911
Mataranka Thermal Springs.

References[]

^ ^a ^b "CAPAD 2012 Northern Territory Summary (see 'DETAIL' tab)". CAPAD 2012. Australian Government - Department of the Environment. 7 February 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
^ Elsey National Park, nt.gov.au.
^ "Parks and Wildlife Commission NT". Retrieved 12 April 2016.
^ “Mataranka Falls”.
^ “Mataranka Thermal Pools” .
^ Roper region, Northern Territory.
^ Richards, G.C.; Hall, L.S.; Parish, S. (photography) (2012). A natural history of Australian bats : working the night shift. CSIRO Pub. p. 13. ISBN 9780643103740.

Coordinates: 14°57′16″S 133°11′11″E / 14.95444°S 133.18639°E / -14.95444; 133.18639

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Official fact sheet and map

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[CAPAD2012NTSum-1] "CAPAD 2012 Northern Territory Summary (see 'DETAIL' tab)". CAPAD 2012. Australian Government - Department of the Environment. 7 February 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2014.

[2] Elsey National Park, nt.gov.au.

[3] "Parks and Wildlife Commission NT". Retrieved 12 April 2016.

[4] “Mataranka Falls”.

[5] “Mataranka Thermal Pools” .

[6] Roper region, Northern Territory.

[Richards2012-7] Richards, G.C.; Hall, L.S.; Parish, S. (photography) (2012). A natural history of Australian bats : working the night shift. CSIRO Pub. p. 13. ISBN 9780643103740.

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Elsey National Park Northern Territory
IUCN category II (national park)^[1]
Map of Elsey National Park
Nearest town or city	Mataranka
Established	1991
Area	138.96 km² (53.7 sq mi)^[1]
Managing authorities	Parks and Wildlife Commission of the Northern Territory
Website	Elsey National Park
See also	Protected areas of the Northern Territory

v t National Parks of the Northern Territory
Barranyi (North Island) Charles Darwin Djukbinj Dulcie Range Elsey Finke Gorge Garig Gunak Barlu Iytwelepenty / Davenport Range Judbarra / Gregory Kakadu Keep River Limmen Litchfield Mary River Nitmiluk Uluru-Kata Tjuta Watarrka West MacDonnell
List of national parks of the Northern Territory List of protected areas of the Northern Territory

Elsey National Park

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