Bandipur National Park (India)

found: Work cat.: Sarath, C.R. A guidebook to Nagarahole and Bandipur National Parks, 2005:p. 5 (Bandipur National Park; located in southern corner of Karnataka at foothills of the Nilgiri mountain range; from 11⁰35ʹ to 11⁰57ʹN latitude and 76⁰12ʹ to 76⁰51ʹE longitude; flanked by Nagarahole National Park to its north-west, Mudumalai Wildlife Sanctuary in Tamil Nadu to its south and Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary in Kerala to its south-west; together the four protected areas constitute the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve; in 1931 the Maharaja of Mysore set up a 90 sq km sanctuary; was enlarged to 800 sq km in 1941 and named Venugopala Wildlife Sanctuary; extended to present size of 880 sq km and renamed Bandipur National Park in 1973; Bandipur National Park was among the first seven Tiger Reserves declared in 1973 under "Project Tiger")

found: sanctuaryasia.com Web site, June 7, 2006Project Tiger (Bandipur Tiger Reserve; situated in Mysore District of the Indian State of Karnataka. The Reserve was among the first nine Tiger Reserves created in India at the launch of Project Tiger in 1973. History: A Sanctuary with 90 sq. km. area was created in Bandipur Reserve Forest in 1931. It was realised that this Sanctuary was too small for effective conservation of wildlife. Therefore, the Venugopala Wildlife Park was constituted in 1941, extending over 800 sq. km. The Bandipur Tiger Reserve was constituted by including most of the forest area of the Venugopala Wildlife Park and its sanctum sanctorum at Bandipur, in the year 1973 and named Bandipur National Park.)

found: World database on protected areas, via WWW, June 8, 2006(Name: Bandipur. Country: India. Designation: National Park. 11⁰45ʹ28ʺN (11.758⁰) 76⁰30ʹ22ʺE (76.506⁰). Size: 87,420 hectares. Includes Tiger Reserve (69,000ha); first protected in 1941)

found: 1997 United Nations list of protected areas, via WWW, June 8, 2006(under India, Karnataka, National Park: Bandipur, 11⁰41ʹN/76⁰34ʹE, 87,420 ha, est. 1974)