Annan River National Park

Annan River National Park
Coordinates: 15 ° 33 ′ 59.7 ″  S , 145 ° 12 ′ 24.9 ″  E
Location:	Queensland , Australia
Specialty:	coastal rainforest
Next city:	5 mile (s) from Cooktown
Surface:	88.3 km²
Founding:	2006
Bennett's tree kangaroo ( Dendrolagus bennettianus ) mother and cub

The Annan River National Park (English Annan River National Park ) is an approximately 88 square kilometers national park in Queensland , Australia .

location

The park is located in the Far North Queensland region . It is located about 175 kilometers north of Cairns and 8 kilometers south of Cooktown . From the Mulligan Highway via Archer Point Road , only the Resources Reserve of the same name, which is adjacent to the national park, can be reached. There are no roads or visitor facilities in the national park itself.

National nature

In the east, the park is bounded by the Coral Sea in the north by the Annan River , one of the largest river systems in the Cooktown area. Mudflats , coastal dunes, granite hills and metamorphic rocks are home to a diverse flora and fauna. These include the endangered fox shark ( Erythrotriorchis radiatus ), red owl ( Ninox rufa ), ( Typhlops brongersmianus ) a harmless snake from the blind snake family and the almost threatened Bennett tree kangaroos ( Dendrolagus bennettianus ).

Web links

• Official site of the park (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} CAPAD 2010 ( MS Excel ; 170 kB) Australian Government, DSEWPaC , accessed on October 7, 2012 (English)
2. ↑ ^{a b} Cape York Peninsula - Parks and Reserves - Visitor Guide (PDF; 3.8 MB), Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service , accessed on October 7, 2012 (English)
3. ↑ index .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Park's official website, Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service , accessed October 7, 2012