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Tunnel Creek National Park is a national park in the Kimberley region of Western Australia, northeast of Perth and east of Broome. The natural cave through which Tunnel Creek flows is a major attraction of the park. Many aboriginal rock paintings and speleothems are present in the cave decorating the walls. The cave was the hideout of the aboriginal warrior, Jandamarra who was killed outside the entrance of the cave in 1897.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Caves of Australia - Tunnel Creek National Park - Cave of Bats )〕 ==Geography== The park is located in the Napier Range and covers an area of . The range is composed of limestone and is the remains of a Devonian reef system formed around 350 million years ago.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Department of Environment and Conservation - Parkfinder - Tunnel Creek National Park )〕 The tunnel component of Tunnel Creek has a length of approximately that runs underground and it one of the oldest cave systems in Western Australia.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Kimberley Australia - Tunnel Creek National Park )〕 The reef was first exposed around 250 million years ago and the first cave systems began to form, the present cave systems were created about 20 million years ago. The cave reaches a maximum height of and has a maximum width of . The creek was once known as "The Cave of the Bats" with at least five species of bat inhabiting the cavern. There are large pools of water on the floor of the cave in which freshwater crocodiles have been found. The pools indicate that the water table is only just below the present floor surface and water only flows through the area after heavy rainfall.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Australian Good Food and Travel Guide - Tunnel Creek National Park )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tunnel Creek National Park」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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