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Pt. G.B. Pant High Altitude Zoo, Nainital
🇮🇳 India
🦒 Zoo or wildlife park, India 16 spp. present
Pt. Govind Ballabh Pant High Altitude Zoo is a high altitude zoo situated in Nainital, Kumaon, Uttarakhand, India. Established in 1984 and opened to the public in 1995, it is situated on the Sher Ka Danda hill at a height of 2,100 metres (6,900 ft) above sea-level and is spread over 4.6 hectares (11 acres). It is the only High Altitude Zoo in north India, besides those in Darjeeling and Sikkim. Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
29.381° N 79.469° E
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Where is Pt. G.B. Pant High Altitude Zoo, Nainital?
India
Pt. G.B. Pant High Altitude Zoo, Nainital is a zoo or wildlife park in India. Its coordinates are 29.381° N, 79.469° E. The nearest national park in our atlas is Jim Corbett National Park, about 62 km away.
What animals can you see at Pt. G.B. Pant High Altitude Zoo, Nainital?
16 species
Citizen-science photos record 16 species at Pt. G.B. Pant High Altitude Zoo, Nainital, including Common Peafowl, Steppe Eagle, Red Junglefowl, Silver Pheasant and Golden Pheasant. Those with a page of their own in our atlas show the odds of seeing them in the wild.
Where can you see the animals of Pt. G.B. Pant High Altitude Zoo, Nainital in the wild?
Common Peafowl: Udawalawe National Park
Some of the animals photographed at Pt. G.B. Pant High Altitude Zoo, Nainital also live in the parks and cities we cover: Common Peafowl (about 90% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Udawalawe National Park), Steppe Eagle (about 30% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Bale Mountains National Park) and Red Junglefowl (about 70% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Kaziranga National Park).
When did Pt. G.B. Pant High Altitude Zoo, Nainital open and how big is it?
Opened 1995, 3.3 ha
Pt. G.B. Pant High Altitude Zoo, Nainital, a zoo or wildlife park in India, opened in 1995 and covers about 3.3 ha, according to Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. Today 16 species are photographed there.
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