Knuckey Lagoons Conservation Reserve
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Knuckey Lagoons Conservation Reserve Northern Territory | |
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IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area)[1] | |
![]() Knuckey Lagoons Conservation Reserve | |
Coordinates | 12°26′08″S 130°56′37″E / 12.435616373°S 130.943626404°E[1] |
Established | 7 July 1966[1] |
Area | 125 hectares (310 acres)[1] |
Managing authorities | Parks and Wildlife Commission of the Northern Territory |
See also | Protected areas of the Northern Territory |
Knuckey Lagoons Conservation Reserve is a protected area associated with a small wetland located on the outskirts of Darwin and Palmerston in the Northern Territory of Australia.
The area in which the lagoon is located was named in 1869 after surveyor Richard Randall Knuckey by the Surveyor General, George Goyder.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Terrestrial Protected Areas by Reserve Type in Northern Territory (2016)". CAPAD 2016. Australian government. 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
- ^ "Knuckey Lagoons Conservation Reserve" (PDF). Parks and Wildlife Commission of the Northern Territory. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 March 2012. Retrieved 4 July 2012.