National Park · Gabon
Mayumba National Park
Mayumba National Park is a national park in Gabon, established in 2002.
National Park · Gabon
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Park facts
| Park type | National Park |
|---|---|
| Location | Gabon |
| Established | 2002 |
| Coordinates | 3.8000° S, 11.0125° E |
Every fact above is taken from the sources listed below; anything no source states is left blank rather than guessed.
About Mayumba National Park
Mayumba National Park (French: Parc national de Mayumba) is a national park in southwestern Gabon. It is a thin tongue of beach, dunes, savanna, and rain-forest in the extreme south of the country, between Mayumba and the Congo border. Mayumba National Park shelters 60 km of the most important leatherback turtle nesting beaches on Earth and is home to unique coastal vegetation and a variety of terrestrial animals, including forest elephants, buffaloes, leopards, gorillas, chimpanzees, antelopes, crocodiles, hippos, and several species of monkeys.
Description from the park's Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), linked in the sources below.
Airports near this park
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- Antonio Agostinho-Neto International Airport (PNR) · Pointe Noire, Republic of the Congo · 92.5 miles away
Parks nearby
More parks in Gabon
Ivindo National Park
Akanda National Park
Birougou National Park
Crystal Mountains National Park
Loango National Park
Lopé National Park
Minkébé National Park
Moukalaba-Doudou National Park
Frequently asked questions
Where is Mayumba National Park?
Mayumba National Park is in Gabon (3.8000° S, 11.0125° E).
When was Mayumba National Park established?
Mayumba National Park was established in 2002, per the source listed at the foot of this page.
Sources
- https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3102654 — Wikidata (CC0) — name, country, coordinates, area, established year, highest point where stated.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayumba_National_Park — Wikipedia article — description (CC BY-SA).