Gloucester Island National Park

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Gloucester Island National Park
Gloucester Island
Gloucester Island
Gloucester Island National Park (Queensland)
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Coordinates: 20 ° 0 ′ 55 ″  S , 148 ° 27 ′ 18 ″  E
Location: Queensland , Australia
Specialty: Tropical rainforest, reefs, Proserpine rock kangaroo
Next city: Bowen
Surface: 29.6 km²
Founding: 1994
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The Gloucester Island National Park (English: Gloucester Island National Park ) is a national park in the east of the Australian state of Queensland .

location

It is located 950 kilometers northwest of Brisbane and 30 kilometers east of Bowen . It is part of the Great Barrier Reef, a UNESCO World Heritage Site .

The Molle Islands and Whitsunday Islands national parks are in the vicinity ; Dryander National Park on the mainland .

National nature

The island on the continental shelf is more lonely than the other islands of the Whitsunday Islands , but it also offers sandy bays, reefs and tropical rainforests . The surrounding, small islands of Armit Island and Saddleback Island are also part of the national park.

history

The island was discovered by the British navigator and explorer James Cook in 1770, but was mistakenly mistaken for a mainland cape. That's why he named the country Cape Gloucester . It was later discovered that it was an island. Since then the island is called 'Gloucester Island', while the cape south of it is unofficially called 'Cape Gloucester'.

fauna

There is a colony of the endangered Proserpine rock kangaroos on the island . You can also watch many birds.

Facilities and access

Camping is possible in Bona Bay or East Side Bay on the main island, ebson as on Armit Island and Saddleback Island . There are toilets, picnic tables and canopies there.

The islands can only be reached by private and some commercial boats. Since the islands are relatively unprotected off the coast in the ocean, watch out for weather warnings.

Web links

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. ^ Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas . Steve Parish Publishing. Archerfield QLD 2007. ISBN 978-1-74193-232-4 . P. 10
  4. ↑ Whitsunday and Mackay Islands Visitor Management Strategy - Visitor Management Settings - Map 2 'Whitsunday' ( Memento of the original from July 24, 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; 1.2 MB), Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service , accessed January 7, 2013  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.nprsr.qld.gov.au
  5. ↑ a b c d Gloucester Island National Park . Department of National Parks, Recreation, Sport and Racing. Retrieved November 13, 2012