Parque Nacional da Chapada dos Veadeiros (Brazil)

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Name (Hebrew)
הפארק הלאומי שפאדה דוס ואדיירוס (ברזיל)
Name (Latin)
Parque Nacional da Chapada dos Veadeiros (Brazil)
Other forms of name
Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park (Brazil)
Coordinates
-47.66666667 -47.66666667 -14.08333333 -14.08333333 (gooearth )
See Also From tracing topical name
National parks and reserves Brazil
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q750251
Library of congress: sh2005000083
Sources of Information
  • Work cat.: 2001298011: David, I. Chapada dos Veadeiros, c2000p. 118 (Parque Nacional da Chapada dos Veadeiros, est. 1961) p. 119 (Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park)
  • 1997 UN list of protected areas:p. 44 (under Goias: national park: Chapada dos Veadeiros 1400N/4730W 65,515 1961)

Wikipedia description:

Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park (Portuguese: Parque Nacional da Chapada dos Veadeiros) is a national park of Brazil located in the state of Goiás, on the top of an ancient plateau with an estimated age of 1.8 billion years. The park was created on January 11, 1961, by President Juscelino Kubitschek, and listed as a World Heritage Site by Unesco in 2001. It occupies an area of 2,405 square kilometres (929 mi2) in the municipalities of Alto Paraíso de Goiás, Cavalcante and Colinas do Sul. The park is maintained by Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation.

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