Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park

Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Location	Goiás, Brazil
Part of	Cerrado Protected Areas: Chapada dos Veadeiros and Emas National Parks
Criteria	Natural: (ix)(x)
Reference	1035-001
Inscription	2001 (25th Session)
Area	240,586 ha (594,500 acres)
Coordinates	14°0′20.50″S 47°41′4.60″W / 14.0056944°S 47.6846111°W
	Location of Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park in Brazil

Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park (Portuguese: Parque Nacional da Chapada dos Veadeiros) is a national park of Brazil located in the state of Goiás, on the top of an ancient plateau with an estimated age of 1.8 billion years.^[1] The park was created on January 11, 1961, by President Juscelino Kubitschek, and listed as a World Heritage Site by Unesco in 2001.^[2] It occupies an area of 2,405 square kilometres (929 sq mi) in the municipalities of Alto Paraíso de Goiás, Cavalcante and Colinas do Sul. The park is maintained by Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation.^[3]

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