Protected areas of the Northern Territory

The protected areas of the Northern Territory consists of protected areas managed by the governments of the Northern Territory and Australia and private organisations with a reported total area of 335527 km2 being 24.8% of the total area of the Northern Territory of Australia.

Summary by type and jurisdiction
As of June 2018, the Parks and Wildlife Commission of the Northern Territory managed 86 ‘parks and reserves’ including 22 that have not been declared with a total reported area of 5,0603 km2.

As of 2016, the protected areas within the Australian government jurisdiction included two national parks with a total area of 20444 km2 and 15 Indigenous Protected Areas with a total area of 260662 km2.

As of August 2016, there were three private protected areas declared under the Territory Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act with a total area of 1405 km2 while in late 2016, another three private protected areas were listed under the National Reserve System with a total area of 1405 km2 were listed by the Australian government.

Coastal Reserves

 * Casuarina
 * Channel Point
 * Shoal Bay

Conservation Areas

 * Adelaide River Foreshore
 * Daly River (Mt Nancar)
 * Douglas River / Daly River Esplanade
 * Harrison Dam
 * Melacca Swamp
 * Oolloo Crossing
 * Stray Creek
 * Tree Point

Conservation Covenants

 * Lake Woods
 * Newry Station Gouldian Finch
 * Longreach Waterhole

Conservation Reserves

 * Anna's Reservoir
 * Black Jungle/Lambells Lagoon
 * Blackmore River
 * Bullwaddy
 * Channel Island
 * Caranbirini
 * Connells Lagoon
 * Corroboree Rock
 * Fogg Dam
 * Henbury Meteorites
 * Illamurta Springs
 * Karlu Karlu / Devils Marbles
 * Kintore Caves
 * Knuckey Lagoons
 * Kuyunba
 * Mac Clark (Acacia peuce)
 * Napwerte/Ewaninga Rock Carvings
 * Native Gap
 * Rainbow Valley
 * Tnorala (Gosse Bluff)
 * Vernon Islands
 * Woodgreen

Historical Reserves

 * Alice Springs Telegraph Station
 * Arltunga
 * Attack Creek
 * Barrow Creek Telegraph Station
 * Central Mount Stuart
 * Chambers Pillar
 * Gregory's Tree
 * Heavitree Gap Police Station
 * John Flynn
 * John Flynn's Grave
 * Ryan Well
 * Tennant Creek Telegraph Station
 * Victoria River Depot

Hunting Reserves

 * Howard Springs

Management Agreement Areas

 * Buffalo Creek
 * Channel Island
 * Junction Reserve

Marine Parks

 * Arafura
 * Arnhem
 * Limmen
 * Wessel

National Parks



 * Barranyi (North Island)
 * Charles Darwin
 * Djukbinj
 * Dulcie Range
 * Elsey
 * Finke Gorge
 * Garig Gunak Barlu
 * Iytwelepenty / Davenport Range
 * Judbarra / Gregory
 * Keep River
 * Limmen
 * Litchfield
 * Mary River
 * Nitmiluk
 * Tjoritja / West MacDonnell
 * Watarrka

Nature Parks

 * Berry Springs
 * Butterfly Gorge
 * Cutta Cutta Caves
 * Giwining / Flora River
 * Holmes Jungle
 * Howard Springs
 * Katherine Low Level
 * Leaning Tree Lagoon
 * Mataranka Pool
 * N'Dhala Gorge
 * Ruby Gap
 * Trephina Gorge
 * Umbrawarra Gorge
 * Yeperenye/Emily and Jessie Gaps

Protected Areas

 * Ilparpa Swamp Wildlife
 * Joint Geological / Geophysical Research Station

Other places

 * Alice Springs Desert Park
 * George Brown Darwin Botanic Gardens
 * Leanyer Recreation Park
 * Manton Dam Recreation Area
 * Owen Springs Reserve
 * Territory Wildlife Park
 * Wearyan River (Manangoora) Cycad Site
 * Windows on the Wetlands

Indigenous Protected Areas
The following Indigenous Protected Areas have been established in the Northern Territory:
 * Angas Downs
 * Anindilyakwa
 * Dhimurru
 * Djelk
 * Laynhapuy
 * Marri-Jabin (Thamurrurr)
 * Northern Tanami
 * Southern Tanami
 * Warddeken
 * Yanyuwa

National parks
The following national parks are managed by the Director of National Parks on the behalf of the Australian government and indigenous land owners:
 * Kakadu
 * Uluru-Kata Tjuta

Northern Territory jurisdiction
See Conservation Covenants above

Australian Wildlife Conservancy sanctuaries
Australian Wildlife Conservancy owns and operates the following private protected areas in the Northern Territory:
 * Fish River Station
 * Henbury Station (in progress)
 * Newhaven
 * Pungalina-Seven Emu
 * Wongalara