Davenport Murchison National Park
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Davenport Murchison is a national park in the Northern Territory
(Australia
), 1033 km southeast of Darwin
. Amelia Creek crater
, an ancient eroded impact crater
lies within the Davenport Range in the area.
See also: Protected areas of the Northern Territory (Australia)
Northern Territory
The Northern Territory is a federal territory of Australia, occupying much of the centre of the mainland continent, as well as the central northern regions...
(Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
), 1033 km southeast of Darwin
Darwin, Northern Territory
Darwin is the capital city of the Northern Territory, Australia. Situated on the Timor Sea, Darwin has a population of 127,500, making it by far the largest and most populated city in the sparsely populated Northern Territory, but the least populous of all Australia's capital cities...
. Amelia Creek crater
Amelia Creek crater
Amelia Creek crater is an impact structure , the eroded remnant of a former impact crater, located in the Davenport Range, Northern Territory, Australia. It lies within a low range of Paleoproterozoic sedimentary and volcanic rocks, which are extensively folded and faulted, thus making an eroded...
, an ancient eroded impact crater
Impact crater
In the broadest sense, the term impact crater can be applied to any depression, natural or manmade, resulting from the high velocity impact of a projectile with a larger body...
lies within the Davenport Range in the area.
See also: Protected areas of the Northern Territory (Australia)