Nangar National Park
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| Nangar National Park | |
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IUCN Category II (National Park)
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| Coordinates | 33°25′32″S 148°30′15″E / 33.42556°S 148.50417°ECoordinates: 33°25′32″S 148°30′15″E / 33.42556°S 148.50417°E |
| Area | 94 km2 (36.3 sq mi) |
| Established | 1983 |
| Managing authorities | NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service |
Nangar is a national park in New South Wales, Australia, 252 km west of Sydney. The park is located in the Nangar-Murga Range between Eugowra and Canowindra. It features Nangar Mountain, which rises to 778 metres.
Trees consist of eucalyptus, blackpine, scribbly gum and ironbark. Shrubs include spider flowers, thyme spurge, nodding blue lily and waxlip orchids.
Birds recorded include wrens, thornbills, falcons, hawks, peregrine falcons and glossy black cockatoos. Eastern grey kangaroos and grey, redneck and swamp wallabies are common.[1]
