Finucane Island National Park

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Finucane Island National Park
Dugong (dugong dugong)
Dugong ( dugong dugong )
Finucane Island National Park (Queensland)
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Coordinates: 17 ° 37 ′ 24 ″  S , 139 ° 46 ′ 42 ″  E
Location: Queensland , Australia
Next city: 30 kilometer (s) from Burketown
Surface: 76.1 km²
Founding: 2008
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The Finucane Island National Park (English Finucane Island National Park ) is an approximately 76 km² national park in Queensland , Australia .

location

The park is located in the Gulf Country region and is approximately 30 km northeast of Burketown .

Facilities and access

There are no paths or visitor facilities in the park. It can only be reached by boat, either across the Albert or Leichhardt River , Landsborough Inlet or the Gulf of Carpentaria .

National nature

Although the island can only be reached by boat, the Finucane Island National Park is part of mainland Australia. It is surrounded by canals and watercourses and comprises a mosaic of estuaries , wetlands, salt flats with isolated sand-couch grassland and mangroves . The wetlands take up a large part of the park and are an important habitat for fish and water birds. Dugongs , the only herbivorous marine mammals, live in the seagrasses off the coast .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Official Park Website - About , Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service , accessed October 7, 2012
  2. ↑ Australian Government - CAPAD 2010 ( MS Excel ; 170 kB), DSEWPaC , accessed on October 7, 2012 (English)