Broad Sound Islands National Park

Broad Sound Islands National Park
Young barrier reef turtle ( Natator depressus )
Coordinates: 21 ° 48 ′ 49 ″  S , 149 ° 47 ′ 14 ″  E
Location:	Queensland , Australia
Specialty:	untouched islands, breeding areas for barrier reef turtles
Next city:	Stanage
Surface:	27.6 km²
Founding:	2000

The Broad Sound Islands National Park (English: Broad Sound Islands National Park ) is a national park in the east of the Australian state of Queensland . It is part of the Great Barrier Reef, a UNESCO World Heritage Site .

The park off the coast consists of 48 small islands that are very remote and difficult to reach. As a result, they are almost unaffected by the influences of civilization.

The national parks Keppel Bay Islands , Northumberland Islands and Percy Isles are in the vicinity ; on mainland West Hill and Cape Palmerston .

location

It is 709 km northwest of Brisbane and 137 km southeast of Mackay .

fauna

Two of the largest breeding areas for the threatened barrier reef turtle ( Natator depressus ) are located on the islands .

Web links

• Official site of the park (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Australian Government - CAPAD 2010 ( MS Excel ; 170 kB), DSEWPaC , accessed on January 7, 2013 (English)
2. ↑ ^{a b} Broad Sound Islands National Park . Department of Environment and Resource Management. Retrieved October 26, 2012
3. ↑ Whitsunday and Mackay Islands Visitor Management Strategy - Visitor Management Settings - Map 3 'Mackay' ( Memento of the original from July 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 1.8 MB), Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service , accessed January 7, 2013  
4. ^ Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas. Steve Parish Publishing, Archerfield QLD 2007, ISBN 978-1-74193-232-4 , p. 11.