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Finke Gorge National Park Boundary Sign - NT

Finke Gorge National Park Boundary Sign

Marker,Sign

Position

DEG: -24.040489 132.764999

DMS: 24º 02' 25.76" S 132º 45' 54" E

UTM: 53 J 7339484mN 272708mE

Altitude: 539m

Address & Contact

Palm Valley Road

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Information

Finke Gorge National Park covers an area of 46,000 hectares, and includes the impressive Palm Valley. Palm Valley is home to a diverse range of plant species many of which are rare and unique to the area, including the Red Cabbage Palm for which the Park is well known.

This species of Palm is restricted to this area, having a population of around 3,000 adult plants.

The Park and nearby areas hold cultural significance to the Western Arrernte Aboriginal people as well as displaying evidence of early European settlement of central Australia.

PlaceID	108196

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West MacDonnell Ranges

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Weather

Closest Weather Station

Alice Springs Airport at 02/02:00am CST

Distance from Finke Gorge National Park Boundary Sign 117.38km E

Temperature	Feels Like	Rel. Humidity	Dew Point	Pressure	Rainfall	Wind Direction	Wind Speed	Gusts
8.4°C	5.4°C	65%	2.2°C	1024.0hPa	0.0mm	SSE	7km/hr 4knots	9km/hr 5knots

Closest Climatic Station

Alice Springs Airport

Distance from Finke Gorge National Park Boundary Sign 117.38km E

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean Max. °C	36.4	35.1	32.6	28.2	23.0	19.8	19.7	22.6	27.2	30.9	33.6	35.4
Mean Min. °C	21.5	20.7	17.5	12.6	8.2	5.0	4.0	6.0	10.3	14.8	17.9	20.2
Mean Rain mm	38.6	43.8	32.3	16.3	18.9	13.6	15.0	9.2	8.5	21.4	29.1	36.9