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| Name | Gunung Leuser | (Site Code: 1251) | Country | Indonesia |
| Local Designation | National Park | IUCN Management Category | II |
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| Date | 1 January 1980 | |||
| Altitude | Minimum | 500 metres | Maximum | 3,466 metres |
| Location | Latitude | 3° 33' 25"N ( 3.557°) | Longitude | 97° 36' 26"E (97.607°) |
| Size | 792,675 hectares | |||
| Information Sources | Previous Source: Official Agency reply to UN List 1996 request. Latest Info/GIS: ASEAN Dataset supplied by ARCBC (dataset date 2004), January 2005 | |||
| Additional Source | Updated using (Wood, L. J. (2005). MPA Global: A database of the world's marine protected areas. Sea Around Us Project, UNEP-WCMC & WWF) | |||
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| Related site details | |||
| Contains | Bandahara (Cloud Forest Site) | ||
| Contained By | Barisan Mountain Range (Cloud Forest Region) | ||
| Contains | Leuser (Cloud Forest Site) | ||
| Contained By | Gunung Leuser National Park (UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve) | ||
| Overlap | Leuser National Park (ASEAN Heritage) | ||
| Contained By | Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra (World Heritage Convention) | ||
| Notes | Latest Info: World Heritage Site Web (updated 1 July 04), accessed 2nd July 2004. | ||
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| Description | Location |
| Site link | MPA Global Website |
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