Crystal Mountains National Park

Crystal Mountains National Park (French: Parc National des Monts de Cristal) is a twin park and one of the 13 national parks of Gabon. It is situated in the Monts de Crystal on the western edge of the Woleu-Ntem Plateau, between Equatorial Guinea and the Ogooué River. The twin parks, Mbe National Park and Mt Sene National Park, were established on 4 September 2002, based on their exceptionally high plant biodiversity and forming part of a former Pleistocene rain forest refugium.

Crystal Mountains National Park
Parc National des Monts de Cristal
IUCN category II (national park)
Monts de Cristal twin national park
LocationGabon
Coordinates0.805°N 10.16°E / 0.805; 10.16[1]
Area1,200 km2 (460 sq mi)
Established2002
Governing bodyNational Agency for National Parks

The park is home to many animal species such as elephants or monkeys, and hundreds of species of butterflies can be found here, some of which are very rare, such as euphaedra brevis, cymothoe or graphium angrier.[3]

References
  1. "Monts de Cristal National Park". protectedplanet.net.
  2. "Monts de Cristal National Park". protectedplanet.net.
  3. "Voyage Gabon". www.voyagegabon.fr. Retrieved 28 September 2020.



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