| Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary | |
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IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area) | |
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| Location | Kerala, India |
| Coordinates | 10°18′00″N 77°10′30″E / 10.3°N 77.175°E |
| Area | 90.44 km2 (34.92 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 2372 |
| Established | August 1984 |
Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary is located 18 km north of Marayoor on State Highway 17 in the Marayoor and Kanthalloor panchayats of Devikulam taluk in the Idukki district of India's Kerala state. It is one of 18 wildlife sanctuaries among the protected areas of Kerala.[1]
It has earned the name for being the only rehabilitation centre for the Indian star tortoise in India.[2]
It is under the jurisdiction of and contiguous with Eravikulam National Park to the south. Indira Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary is to the north and Kodaikanal Wildlife Sanctuary is to the east. It forms an integral part of the 1,187 km2 (458 sq mi) block of protected forests straddling the Kerala-Tamil Nadu border in the Anaimalai Hills.[3] The Western Ghats, Anamalai Sub-Cluster, including all of Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary, is under consideration by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee for selection as a World Heritage Site.[4]
- ^ Kerala Forests and Wildlife Department (2004). "The Sanctuaries and National Parks in Kerala". Govt. of Kerala. Archived from the original on 4 December 2008. Retrieved 2 January 2009.
- ^ Pereira, I. (2017). "Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary hitches wagon to star tortoises". The Hindu. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
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