Knuckey Lagoons Conservation Reserve

Knuckey Lagoons Conservation Reserve
Northern Territory
IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area)
Knuckey Lagoons Conservation Reserve
Knuckey Lagoons Conservation Reserve
Coordinates Coordinates: 12°26′08″S 130°56′37″E / 12.435616373°S 130.943626404°E / -12.435616373; 130.943626404[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 which the lagoon is located was named in 1869 after surveyor Richard Knuckey by the Surveyor General, Goyder.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Terrestrial Protected Areas by Reserve Type in Northern Territory (2016)". CAPAD 2016. Australian government. 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  2. ↑ "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.
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