Gunung Leuser National Park [Northern Area]

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Gunung Leuser National Park is a national park covering 7,927 km² in northern Sumatra, Indonesia, straddling the border of North Sumatra and Aceh provinces. The national park, named after 3,381 m height of Mount Leuser, protects a wide range of ecosystems. An orangutan sanctuary of Bukit Lawang is located inside the park. Together with Bukit Barisan Selatan and Kerinci Seblat national parks it forms a World Heritage Site, Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra.
Gunung Leuser National Park is 150 km long, over 100 km wide and is mostly mountainous. 40% of the park, which is mainly in the north, is steep, and over 1,500 m. 12% of the Park only, in the lower southern half, is below 600 meters but for 25 km runs down the coast. 11 peaks are over 2,700 m and the highest point is Gunung Leuser, which 3466 m high.
Gunung Leuser National Park is one of the two remaining habitats for Sumatran Orangutans (Pongo abelii)[left photo]. In 1971, Herman Rijksen established the Ketambe research station, a specially designated research area for the orangutan. Other mammals found in the park are the Sumatran Elephant, Sumatran tiger, Sumatran rhinoceros, Siamang [center photo], Mainland Serow, Sambar deer, and Leopard Cat [right photo].

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www.leuserfoundation.org/
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunung_Leuser_National_Park
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Coordinates:   3°38'50"N   97°20'10"E

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  • this tag created in two part, to encompass the limitation for UL1 for creating tag with area more than 2000 km2
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