Kintore Caves Conservation Reserve

Kintore Caves Conservation Reserve is a protected area in the Northern Territory of Australia.

Kintore Caves Conservation Reserve Northern Territory
IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape)[1]
Kintore Caves Conservation Reserve
Coordinates	14.4147°S 132.1635°E / -14.4147; 132.1635
Established	1965[1]
Area	423 hectares (1,045 acres)[1]
Managing authorities	Parks and Wildlife Commission of the Northern Territory
See also	Protected areas of the Northern Territory

It is located approximately 12 kilometres (7 mi) west of Katherine and 330 kilometres (205 mi) south east of Darwin.

The area is made up of karst limestone and has an extensive network of caves that contain rare fauna and evidence of a long history of human occupation. The conservation reserve shares a boundary to the north with the Northern Territory Rural College and to the south with private property zoned for rural use.[2]

References

"Terrestrial Protected Areas by Reserve Type in the Northern Territory (2012)". Department of Environment. 2012. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
"Kintore Caves Nature Park Management Plan" (PDF). Parks and Wildlife Commission. 2000. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 March 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2015.

Protected areas of the Northern Territory
Coastal Reserves	Casuarina Channel Point Shoal Bay
Conservation Areas	Adelaide River Foreshore Daly River (Mt Nancar) Douglas River / Daly River Esplanade Harrison Dam Melacca Swamp Oolloo Crossing Tree Point Stray Creek
Conservation Covenants	Lake Woods Newry Station Gouldian Finch Longreach Waterhole
Conservation Reserves	Anna's Reservoir Black Jungle/Lambells Lagoon Blackmore River Bullwaddy Channel Island Caranbirini Connells Lagoon Corroboree Rock Fogg Dam Henbury Meteorites Illamurta Springs Karlu Karlu / Devils Marbles Kintore Caves Knuckey Lagoons Kuyunba Mac Clark (Acacia peuce) Napwerte/Ewaninga Rock Carvings Native Gap Rainbow Valley Tnorala (Gosse Bluff) Vernon Islands Woodgreen
Historical Reserves	Alice Springs Telegraph Station Arltunga Attack Creek Barrow Creek Telegraph Station Central Mount Stuart Chambers Pillar Gregory's Tree Heavitree Gap Police Station John Flynn John Flynn's Grave Ryan Well Tennant Creek Telegraph Station Victoria River Depot
Hunting Reserves	Howard Springs
Marine Parks	Garig Gunak Barlu Limmen Bight
National Parks	Barranyi (North Island) Charles Darwin Djukbinj Dulcie Range Elsey Finke Gorge Garig Gunak Barlu Iytwelepenty / Davenport Range Judbarra / Gregory Keep River Limmen Litchfield Mary River Nitmiluk Watarrka West MacDonnell
Nature Parks	Berry Springs Butterfly Gorge Cutta Cutta Caves Giwining / Flora River Holmes Jungle Howard Springs Katherine Low Level Leaning Tree Lagoon N'Dhala Gorge Ruby Gap Trephina Gorge Umbrawarra Gorge Yeperenye/Emily and Jessie Gaps
Other places	Alice Springs Desert Park George Brown Darwin Botanic Gardens Leanyer Recreation Park Manton Dam Recreation Area Owen Springs Reserve Territory Wildlife Park Windows on the Wetlands
Related topics	Indigenous Protected Areas of the Northern Territory National parks of the Northern Territory Parks and Wildlife Commission of the Northern Territory Protected areas managed by the Australian government Protected areas of Australia
The above list consists of places managed by the Parks and Wildlife Commission of the Northern Territory either alone or with other parties

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Kintore Caves Conservation Reserve

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