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Kakadu National Park

protected area in the Northern Territory of Australia
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Summary

Kakadu National Park is a national park of Australia[1]. It ranks in the top 0.36% of national park of australia entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,462 views/month, #2 of 550).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Northern Territory[3]
  • Country: Australia[4]
  • Instance of: natural cultural heritage site[5], Ramsar site in Australia[6]
  • Main regulatory text: Kakadu National Park Management Plan 2016-2026[7]
  • Operator: Director of National Parks[8]
  • Part of: Kakadu National Park[9]
  • Commons category: Kakadu National Park[10]
  • Foundational text: Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 - Proclamation - Kakadu National Park (5/4/1979)[11]
  • Inception: April 5, 1979[12]
  • IUCN protected areas category: IUCN category II: National Park[13]
  • Official website: http://www.environment.gov.au/topics/national-parks/kakadu-national-park[14]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Kakadu National Park[15]
  • Commons gallery: Kakadu National Park[16]
  • Visitors per year: 250,001[17], 208,056[18]
  • Described by source: Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 - Proclamation - Kakadu National Park (5/4/1979)[19]
  • Heritage designation: listed on the Australian National Heritage List[20], Ramsar site[21], World Heritage Site[22]
  • Native label: Kakadu National Park[23]
  • Elevation above sea level: 53 m[24]
  • Area: 19,804 km²[25], 1909496.9944042 ha[26], 1976094.92 ha[27]
  • Hashtag: KakaduNationalPark[28]
  • Activity policy in this place: commercial photography requires permit[29]
  • Street address: Arnhem Hwy, Darwin NT[30]
  • Significant place: Darwin[31]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for Kakadu National Park include Kakadu[32], a graphics library[33], founded in 2002[34].

Why It Matters

Kakadu National Park has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] It is known by 42 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

Entities named for it include Kakadu[32], a graphics library[33], founded in 2002[34].

Related Entities

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . data.gov.au. Retrieved . data.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . data.gov.au. Retrieved . data.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . data.gov.au. Retrieved . data.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . environment.gov.au. Retrieved . environment.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . data.gov.au. Retrieved . data.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Regulations 2000. wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . data.gov.au. Retrieved . data.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [36] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 33Zkwu
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  2. 22w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wdpa id → 393
    "/* wbsetreference-add:2| */ Wdpa id: 393"
  3. 22w ago · 99of9 · 2026-05-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → national park of Australia, natural cultural heritage site, Ramsar site in Australia
    "/* wbsetreference-add:2| */ Instance of: national park of Australia, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1778557825246"
  4. 23w ago · 99of9 · 2026-05-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wdpa id → 393
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Wdpa id: 393, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/285735120|Kakadu (#285735120)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7881|WDPA for Australia (short name"
  5. 23w ago · 99of9 · 2026-05-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Visitors per year → {'amount': '+250001'}, {'amount': '+208056'}
    Iucn protected areas category → IUCN category II: National Park
    Instance of → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Kakadu National Park
    + 26 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Wdpa id: 67763"
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