{{Short description|National park in the Northern Territory, Australia}} __NOTOC__ {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2024}} {{Use Australian English|date=September 2014}} {{Infobox protected area | name = Iytwelepenty&nbsp;/ Davenport Range National Park | image = Davenport Range National Park 0316.svg | image_caption = Iytwelepenty/Davenport Range National Park (outlined in green) | image_alt = | iucn_category = II | iucn_ref = <ref name=CAPAD2012NTSum/> | coordinates = | map = Northern Territory | map_alt = | map_width = 200px | relief = | label = Iytwelepenty&nbsp;/ Davenport Range National Park | label_position = | location = Northern Territory, Davenport<ref name="NT-Placenames">{{cite web| title=Place Names Register Extract for "Iytwelepenty / Davenport Ranges National Park" |url= https://www.ntlis.nt.gov.au/placenames/view.jsp?id=24190 |website= NT Place Names Register|publisher=Northern Territory Government|access-date= 5 February 2020}}</ref> | established = 1993 | area_ha = | area_km2 = 1278.47 | area_ref = <ref name=CAPAD2012NTSum>{{cite web|title=CAPAD 2012 Northern Territory Summary (see 'DETAIL' tab)|url=http://www.environment.gov.au/system/files/pages/0f927a4e-336a-490c-a896-ec37874a5c73/files/capad2012nt.xlsx|work=CAPAD 2012|publisher=Australian Government – Department of the Environment|access-date=7 February 2014|date=7 February 2014}}</ref> | visitation_num = | visitation_year = | visitation_ref = | nearest_city = Tennant Creek | nearest_town = | governing_body = Parks and Wildlife Commission of the Northern Territory | website = {{official|https://web.archive.org/web/20140225011633/http://www.parksandwildlife.nt.gov.au/parks/find/davenportrange}} }} '''Iytwelepenty / Davenport Range''', or '''Davenport Ranges National Park''' ('''Iytwellepenty'''),<ref name=everyone/> previously the '''Davenport Murchison National Park''',<ref name=bioregion/> is a national park in the Northern Territory of Australia about {{convert|1033|km}} south-east of the territorial capital of Darwin,<ref>{{cite map |title=Australia Road and 4WD Atlas|last=Hema |first=Maps|year=2007 |publisher=Hema Maps|location=Eight Mile Plains Queensland|isbn=978-1-86500-456-3|pages=101}}</ref> occupying around {{cvt|1,120|km2}}s of the Davenport Range.<ref name=everyone>{{cite web | title=Northern Territory For Everyone: Davenport Murchision National Park | publisher=Northern Territory for Everyone | url=https://www.australiaforeveryone.com.au/files/nt/davenport-murchison-np.html | access-date=9 August 2021}}</ref> It lies within the Davenport Murchison Ranges bioregion, an area of {{cvt|58,050|km2}}, with a climate ranging from semiarid to subtropical.<ref name=bioregion>{{cite book| url=https://www.environment.gov.au/system/files/resources/a8015c25-4aa2-4833-ad9c-e98d09e2ab52/files/bioregion-davenport-murchison-ranges.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140313023258/http://www.environment.gov.au/system/files/resources/a8015c25-4aa2-4833-ad9c-e98d09e2ab52/files/bioregion-davenport-murchison-ranges.pdf |archive-date=13 March 2014 |url-status=live| title=Davenport Murchison Ranges bioregion| publisher=Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment|access-date= 9 August 2021}}</ref>

The mountains were caused by a tectonic event hundreds of millions of years ago, but recent images from space have shown that erosion occurred that exposed the ridges and valleys only around 100 million years ago.<ref>{{cite web | title=Davenport-Murchison Range, Northern Territory, Australia | publisher=NASA Earth Observatory | url=https://www.earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/42733/davenport-murchison-range-northern-territory-australia | access-date=9 August 2021}}</ref> Amelia Creek crater, an ancient eroded impact crater lies within the Davenport Range in the area.<ref>{{cite web | title=Earth Impact Database: Amelia Creek | publisher=Planetary and Space Science Centre, University of New Brunswick | url=http://www.passc.net/EarthImpactDatabase/New%20website_05-2018/Ameliacreek.html | access-date=11 September 2022}}</ref>

== See also == * Protected areas of the Northern Territory

==Gallery== <gallery heights="150 px" mode=packed-hover style="margin-top:3em;"> Image:P4150010 Old Police Station Waterhole - Iytwelepenty - Davenport Ranges National Park.jpg| <small>Old Police Station Waterhole</small> Image:Old Police Station ruins at Old Police Station Waterhole - Iytwelepenty - Davenport Ranges National Park.jpg|<small>Old Police Station ruins</small>

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==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20130512193200/http://www.parksandwildlife.nt.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0019/10567/Davenports_000.pdf Official fact sheet and map]

{{National Parks of the Northern Territory}}

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Category:National parks of the Northern Territory Category:Protected areas established in 1993 Category:1993 establishments in Australia

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