The protected areas of the Northern Territory consists of protected areas managed by the governments of the Northern Territory and Australia and private organisations with a reported total area of being 24.8% of the total area of the Northern Territory of Australia.
Summary by type and jurisdiction
As of June 2018, the Parks and Wildlife Commission of the Northern Territory managed 86 ‘parks and reserves’ including 22 that have not been declared with a total reported area of .
As of 2016, the protected areas within the Australian government jurisdiction included two national parks with a total area of and 15 Indigenous Protected Areas with a total area of .
As of August 2016, there were three private protected areas declared under the Territory Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act with a total area of while in late 2016, another three private protected areas were listed under the National Reserve System with a total area of were listed by the Australian government.
Northern Territory Government
Coastal Reserves
Casuarina
Channel Point
Shoal Bay
Conservation Areas
Adelaide River Foreshore
Daly River (Mt Nancar) Douglas River / Daly River Esplanade Harrison Dam Melacca Swamp Oolloo Crossing Stray Creek Tree Point
Conservation Covenants
Lake Woods
Newry Station Gouldian Finch
Longreach Waterhole
Conservation Reserves
Anna's Reservoir
Black Jungle/Lambells Lagoon
Blackmore River
Bullwaddy
Channel Island
Caranbirini
Connells Lagoon
Corroboree Rock
Fogg Dam
Henbury Meteorites
Illamurta Springs
Karlu Karlu / Devils Marbles
Kintore Caves
Knuckey Lagoons
Kuyunba
Mac Clark (Acacia peuce) Napwerte/Ewaninga Rock Carvings Native Gap Rainbow Valley Tnorala (Gosse Bluff) Vernon Islands Woodgreen
Historical Reserves
Alice Springs Telegraph Station
Arltunga
Attack Creek
Barrow Creek Telegraph Station
Central Mount Stuart
Chambers Pillar
Gregory's Tree
Heavitree Gap Police Station
John Flynn
John Flynn's Grave
Ryan Well
Tennant Creek Telegraph Station
Victoria River Depot
Hunting Reserves
Howard Springs
Management Agreement Areas
Buffalo Creek
Channel Island
Junction Reserve
Marine Parks
Arafura
Arnhem
Limmen
Wessel
National Parks
Barranyi (North Island) Charles Darwin Djukbinj Dulcie Range Elsey Finke Gorge Garig Gunak Barlu Iytwelepenty / Davenport Range Judbarra / Gregory Keep River Limmen Litchfield Mary River Nitmiluk Tjoritja / West MacDonnell Watarrka
Nature Parks
Berry Springs
Butterfly Gorge
Cutta Cutta Caves
Giwining / Flora River
Holmes Jungle
Howard Springs
Katherine Low Level
Leaning Tree Lagoon
Mataranka Pool
N'Dhala Gorge
Ruby Gap
Trephina Gorge
Umbrawarra Gorge
Yeperenye/Emily and Jessie Gaps
Protected Areas
Ilparpa Swamp Wildlife
Joint Geological / Geophysical Research Station
Other places
Alice Springs Desert Park
George Brown Darwin Botanic Gardens
Leanyer Recreation Park
Manton Dam Recreation Area
Owen Springs Reserve
Territory Wildlife Park
Wearyan River (Manangoora) Cycad Site
Windows on the Wetlands
Australian government
Indigenous Protected Areas
The following Indigenous Protected Areas have been established in the Northern Territory: Angas Downs Anindilyakwa Dhimurru Djelk Laynhapuy Marri-Jabin (Thamurrurr) Northern Tanami Southern Tanami Warddeken Yanyuwa
National parks
The following national parks are managed by the Director of National Parks on the behalf of the Australian government and indigenous land owners: Kakadu Uluru-Kata Tjuta
Private protected areas
Northern Territory jurisdiction
See Conservation Covenants above
Australian Wildlife Conservancy sanctuaries
Australian Wildlife Conservancy owns and operates the following private protected areas in the Northern Territory: Fish River Station Henbury Station (in progress) Newhaven Pungalina-Seven Emu Wongalara