ʻEua National Park
ʻEua National Park | |
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IUCN category II (national park) | |
ʻEua National Park | |
Location | ʻEua Island, Tonga |
Coordinates | 21°24′06″S 174°54′27″W / 21.40167°S 174.90750°W ⧼validator-fatal-error⧽ |
Area | 4,55 km² |
Established | 1992 |
ʻEua National Park covers an area of 4.55 km²[1] located on the east coast of ʻEua Island in Tonga. It reveived National Park Status in 1992[2]. The area is protected by IUCN.
Sights[edit]
A signboard with familiarization information in English is installed near each natural object in the reserve. Lokupo observation deck is located above a cliff overgrown with dense forest, which offers a grandiose view of the desert strip of Lokupo Beach. “Lokupo is the old name for the forest and the coast below,”– the information stand reports. Nearby Rats Cave – a small karst cave 10 meters long. Other attractions – Big Ovava Tree (minimum of 800 years old), Hafu pool & Ana'Ahu (Smoking Cave) – vertical natural hole with a waterfall tearing into it. The park is rarely visited by tourists, some paths are overgrown with tall grass.
External links[edit]
- "View from the Lokupo platform lookout". youtube.com.
- google.com/maps: ‘Eua National Park and all the objects inside it, the exact coordinates
- queenscommonwealthcanopy: ‘Eua National Park Reserve
- geonames: ‘Eua National Park
- wikimapia: ‘Eua National Park
- mindat: ‘Eua National Park, Tonga
- tongaholiday: ‘Eua
- eua-island-tonga: 'Eua National Park (Lokupo Beach Trek)
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- Pinchuk, Viktor; Two months of wandering and 14 days locked up (in russian), SP Brovko; 2020; ISBN 978-5-9909912-5-5 Search this book on .
- ↑ "protectedplanet: 'Eua National Park in Tonga". protectedplanet.net. Retrieved 2020-05-02.
- ↑ "protectedplanet: 'Eua National Park in Tonga". protectedplanet.net. Retrieved 2020-05-02.
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