词条 | Tolmer Falls |
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| name = Tolmer Falls | photo = Tolmer Falls.jpg | photo_width = 250px | map = Northern Territory | relief = yes | map_width = 250px | coordinates = {{coord|13|12|20|S|130|42|52|E|type:waterbody_region:AU-NT_scale:50000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coords_ref = [1] | location = Litchfield National Park, Northern Territory, Australia | type = Plunge | elevation = {{convert|102|m}} {{AHD}} | height = {{convert|32|-|42|m}} | height_longest = | number_drops = 2 | width = | average_width = | watercourse = Tolmer Creek | average_flow = | world_rank = }} The Tolmer Falls is a plunge waterfall on the Tolmer Creek that is located in the Litchfield National Park in the Northern Territory of Australia. Location and featuresThe waterfall descends from an elevation of {{convert|102|m}} above sea level in two drops that range in height between {{convert|32|-|42|m}}[2] into a plunge pool. Accessed by sealed road, the falls are near the western boundary of the national park, approximately {{convert|85|km}} south of {{NTcity|Darwin}}. The falls were named by explorer Frederick Henry Litchfield after his late father's colleague in the South Australia Police, Alexander Tolmer. The site is noted for the large colony of orange leaf-bat Rhinonicteris aurantia, which number in their thousands.[3] See also{{stack|{{Portal|Northern Territory|Environment}}}}
References1. ^{{Gazetteer of Australia|id=NT19023|name=Tolmer Falls (NT)}} 2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.bonzle.com/c/a?a=p&p=253646&cmd=sp|title=Map of Tolmer Falls, NT|work=Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia|accessdate=17 May 2014}} 3. ^{{cite book |last1=Richards |first1=G.C. |last2=Hall |first2=L.S. |last3=Parish |first3=S. (photography) |title=A natural history of Australian bats : working the night shift |date=2012 |publisher=CSIRO Pub |isbn=9780643103740 |page=12}} External links
2 : Waterfalls of the Northern Territory|Plunge waterfalls |
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