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Chillagoe-Mungana Caves National Park

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Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use Australian English Template:Infobox Australian place Chillagoe-Mungana Caves is a national park in Chillagoe, Shire of Mareeba, Queensland, Australia.<ref>Template:Cite QPN</ref>

Geography

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The park is Template:Convert northwest of Brisbane.<ref>"Things to See and Do". Queensland Holidays. Retrieved 2013-12-25.</ref> The elevation of the terrain is 409 metres.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

The park is located within the Walsh River catchment area and the Einasleigh Uplands bioregion.<ref name="wetinfo">Template:Cite web</ref> A total of 10 rare or threatened species have been recorded in the park.<ref name="wetinfo"/> Of these, 5 are mammals, diadem leaf-nosed bat, greater large-eared horseshoe bat, ghost bat, spectacled flying-fox and koala.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Facilities

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There are several self-guided limestone caves, the Archways, Pompeii cave, and Bauhinia cave. The historic Chillagoe smelters area has mining relics from the 1890s. There are a few small rock galleries of Indigenous Australian art.

Camping is not permitted.<ref name="abch">Template:Cite web</ref>

See also

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References

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