Kakadu National Park
Also known as Kakadu National Park World Heritage Site (natural or mixed), Parc national de Kakadu
Category
Mixed
Inscribed under criteria (i), (vi), (vii), (ix), (x).
Region
Asia and the Pacific
Australia
Inscribed
1981
Area
1,980,995 ha
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Kakadu National Park is about 190 km east of Darwin.
Nearest towns and cities
- Darwin · about 93,000 peopleabout 190 km west
- Dili · about 234,000 peopleabout 900 km north-west
- Merauke · about 34,000 peopleabout 1000 km north-east
- Kupang · about 282,000 peopleabout 1020 km west
- Timika · about 26,000 peopleabout 1060 km north-east
- Nabire · about 44,000 peopleabout 1120 km north
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
No other World Heritage sites lie within 600 km.
Further resources
The official record, while our own profile is in hand
The official record
- World Heritage Centre page for this sitewhc.unesco.org
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