Blue Mountains National Park

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UNESCO World Heritage Site national park protected area

Blue Mountains National Park is a vast UNESCO World Heritage–listed wilderness area in New South Wales, Australia, renowned for its dramatic sandstone cliffs, eucalyptus forests, waterfalls, and scenic hiking trails.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form	Occurrences
Blue Mountains National Park region	1
Blue Mountains National Park vicinity	1
Blue Mountains rock art sites	1
Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area	1
Gundungurra Aboriginal Heritage sites in Blue Mountains National Park	1

Statements (59)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ national park ⓘ protected area ⓘ
area	about 2,690 square kilometres ⓘ
biodiversitySignificance	habitat for many endemic species ⓘ high levels of plant diversity ⓘ
climate	temperate ⓘ
contains	Blackheath ⓘ surface form: Blackheath area Echo Point lookout ⓘ Glenbrook ⓘ surface form: Glenbrook area Govetts Leap lookout ⓘ Grand Canyon walking track ⓘ Grose Valley ⓘ Jamison Valley ⓘ Katoomba Falls ⓘ Katoomba ⓘ surface form: Katoomba area Leura ⓘ surface form: Leura area Megalong Valley ⓘ Mount Solitary NERFINISHED ⓘ Narrow Neck Plateau ⓘ National Pass walking track ⓘ Ruined Castle walking track ⓘ Three Sisters rock formation ⓘ Wentworth Falls ⓘ
continent	Australia ⓘ
country	Australia ⓘ
distanceFromSydney	about 60–100 kilometres west ⓘ
ecosystem	heathland ⓘ rainforest pockets ⓘ temperate eucalypt forest ⓘ
established	1959 ⓘ
governingBody	New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service ⓘ surface form: National Parks and Wildlife Service (New South Wales)
hazard	bushfires ⓘ
heritageDesignation	World Heritage property for outstanding universal value ⓘ
IUCNCategory	II (National Park) ⓘ
knownFor	deep valleys and gorges ⓘ eucalyptus forests ⓘ lookouts and vistas ⓘ sandstone cliffs ⓘ scenic hiking trails ⓘ waterfalls ⓘ
landform	sandstone plateau ⓘ
locatedIn	Greater Blue Mountains Area ⓘ surface form: Blue Mountains region New South Wales ⓘ
majorVegetation	eucalypt woodland ⓘ sclerophyll forest ⓘ
nearestCity	Sydney ⓘ
partOf	Greater Blue Mountains Area ⓘ surface form: Greater Blue Mountains Area World Heritage property
recreationalActivity	abseiling ⓘ bushwalking ⓘ camping ⓘ canyoning ⓘ rock climbing ⓘ wildlife watching ⓘ
tourismImportance	major tourist destination in New South Wales ⓘ
traditionalOwners	Darug people ⓘ Gundungurra people NERFINISHED ⓘ Wiradjuri people NERFINISHED ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageListingYear	2000 ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Blue Mountains → contains → Blue Mountains National Park ⓘ

Eastern Highlands → containsProtectedArea → Blue Mountains National Park ⓘ

Sydney Basin → containsProtectedArea → Blue Mountains National Park ⓘ

Darug people → hasCulturalSite → Blue Mountains National Park ⓘ

this entity surface form: Blue Mountains rock art sites

Gundungurra people → hasHeritageListedPlace → Blue Mountains National Park ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gundungurra Aboriginal Heritage sites in Blue Mountains National Park

eastern Australia → hasProtectedArea → Blue Mountains National Park ⓘ

subject surface form: Eastern Australia

Blackheath → locatedIn → Blue Mountains National Park ⓘ

this entity surface form: Blue Mountains National Park vicinity

Leura → locatedIn → Blue Mountains National Park ⓘ

this entity surface form: Blue Mountains National Park region

Wentworth Falls → locatedIn → Blue Mountains National Park ⓘ

Govetts Leap → locatedInProtectedArea → Blue Mountains National Park ⓘ

Three Sisters rock formation → locatedInProtectedArea → Blue Mountains National Park ⓘ

subject surface form: Three Sisters (rock formation)

Oberon → nearbyAttraction → Blue Mountains National Park ⓘ

Echo Point lookout → partOf → Blue Mountains National Park ⓘ

Grose Valley → partOf → Blue Mountains National Park ⓘ

Wollemi National Park → partOf → Blue Mountains National Park ⓘ

this entity surface form: Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area