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Шаблон:OkinaEua National Park is a national park on the island of [[Шаблон:OkinaEua]] in Tonga. It is the country's only national forest park and covers an area of Шаблон:Convert.[1][2] The park is located on the east coast of the island and covers an Шаблон:Convert band of tropical rainforest and is bordered on the west by sheer cliffs to the ocean, which have numerous caves and chasms.[3] It received national park status in 1992.[1] The area is protected by IUCN.[4]
Biodiversity
Endemic flora
- Aglaia heterotricha
- Arytera bifoliata
- Discocalyx listeri
- Dysoxylum tongense
- Guioa lentiscifolia
- Phyllanthus amicorum
- Pittosporum yunckeri
- Podocarpus pallidus, a rare and endangered conifer (approximately 1,000 trees) found in this location.
- Polyalthia amicorum
- Robiquetia tongensis
- Syzygium crosbyi
- Xylosma smithiana
Endemic fauna
- Lepidodactylus euaensis (Eua forest gecko), a rare and endangered gecko.
- Prosopeia tabuensis (red shining-parrot or red-breasted Koki), a species of parrot.
- Aerodrarnus spodiopygius (white rumped swiftlet)
- Phaethon lepturus (white-tailed tropicbird)
Attractions
- Lokupo observation deck, located above a cliff and provides a view of the Lokupo Beach.
- Big Ovava Tree (minimum of 800 years old)
- Hafu pool
- Шаблон:OkinaAna Шаблон:OkinaAhu (Smoking Cave), a Шаблон:Convert vertical sinkhole with a waterfall cascading into it – the mist rising up from the sinkhole gives it its name.
- Шаблон:OkinaAna Kuma (Шаблон:Ill), a Шаблон:Convert deep cave
- Funga TeШаблон:Okinaemoa – the island's highest peak at Шаблон:Convert
Further reading
See also
References
[[Category:Шаблон:OkinaEua|National park]]
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