Chesterton Range National Park

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Chesterton Range National Park
Chesterton Range National Park (Queensland)
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Coordinates: 26 ° 9 ′ 15 "  S , 147 ° 19 ′ 27"  O
Location: Queensland , Australia
Specialty: Forest mountains
Next city: Morven
Surface: 312 km²
Founding: 1992
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The Chesterton Range National Park (English: Chesterton Range National Park ) is a national park in the southeast of the Australian state of Queensland .

location

It is 585 kilometers west of Brisbane and 30 kilometers northeast of Morven .

The Tregole and Carnarvon national parks are in the vicinity .

National nature

The national park is located in the southeastern part of the Chesterton Range , southwest of the highest point of the mountains, Mount Hotspur . There dry eucalyptus forests are protected.

Driveway

From Morven on the Warrego Highway , a dirt road leads north-northeast through the western part of the park to the village of Winneba . The use of all-wheel drive vehicles is recommended.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Australian Government - CAPAD 2010 ( MS Excel ; 170 kB), DSEWPaC , accessed on January 7, 2013 (English)
  2. ↑ Australian Government - CAPAD 1997 ( MS Excel ; 93 kB), DSEWPaC , accessed on January 7, 2013 (English)
  3. ^ A b c Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas . Steve Parish Publishing. Archerfield QLD 2007. ISBN 978-1-74193-232-4 . P. 8