Batang Gadis National Park

Batang Gadis National Park
Sorikmarapi volcano, the highest point in the national park.
Map showing the location of Batang Gadis National Park
Map showing the location of Batang Gadis National Park
Batang Gadis NP
Location in Sumatra
Map showing the location of Batang Gadis National Park
Map showing the location of Batang Gadis National Park
Batang Gadis NP
Batang Gadis NP (Indonesia)
LocationNorth Sumatra Province, Indonesia
Nearest cityPanyabungan
Coordinates0°59′N 99°23′E / 0.983°N 99.383°E / 0.983; 99.383
Area1,080 km2
Established2004
Governing bodyMinistry of Forestry

Batang Gadis is a national park covering 1,080 km2 in North Sumatra province, Indonesia extending between 300 and 2,145 metres altitude. It is named after the Batang Gadis river that flows through the park.[1] Signs of the endangered Sumatran tiger and the threatened Asian golden cat, leopard cat and clouded leopard were seen in the park. The protection of Batang Gadis as a national park is part of a plan to create the Northern Sumatra biodiversity conservation corridor, which would be connected, via a series of protected areas and forests, to Gunung Leuser National Park in the north of the island.[2]

  1. ^ Ministry of Forestry of Indonesia: "Taman Nasional Batang Gadis" Archived November 26, 2013, at the Wayback Machine, retrieved 6 December 2013
  2. ^ Indonesia Declares Batang Gadis National Park, 20 May 2004

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