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Hell's Gate National Park

National Park

Hell's Gate National Park lies near Lake Naivasha in Kenya's Rift Valley, about 90 kilometers from Nairobi in Nakuru County, established in 1984 and covering about 68.25 square kilometers at an elevation of roughly 1,900 meters. It is named for a narrow break in the cliffs once fed by a tributary of a prehistoric lake, and its landscape includes the Fischer's Tower and Central Tower volcanic plugs, the red-walled Hell's Gate Gorge, and hot springs with sulfuric water. The park hosts lion, leopard, cheetah, buffalo, zebra, eland and hartebeest, and more than 103 recorded bird species including the bearded vulture and Verreaux's eagle.

Facts
Designation Category
National Park 2
Established Year
1984 2
Area (sq km)
68.25 1
Governing Body
Kenya Wildlife Service 1
Classification
Governance Type
Governance by Government 1
Realm
Terrestrial 1
Governing Body
Governing Body (category)
Kenya Wildlife Service 1
Sources
1. Hell's Gate National Park (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Infobox, area_km2 (converted to square kilometres where the infobox gives another unit)
  • Wikipedia lead extract, realm terrestrial
    Hell's Gate National Park is a national park situated near Lake Naivasha in Kenya.
  • Wikipedia infobox, governing_body field
    Kenya Wildlife Service
  • Wikipedia infobox, governance-type government
    Kenya Wildlife Service
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2. Wikidata: Hell's Gate National Park
  • Wikidata Q1603133, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • Wikidata P31 (instance of) = Q46169
  • Wikidata Q1603133 P571 inception
  • Part Of: Kenya, Wikidata item, property P17 (country)
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Wikidata: Kenya
On Continent: Africa, Wikidata item for Kenya, property P30 (continent)View the Source
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