Jack River National Park

Jack River National Park
Coordinates: 14 ° 56 ′ 56.5 ″  S , 144 ° 40 ′ 50.6 ″  E
Location:	Queensland , Australia
Specialty:	Rainforest
Next city:	50 mile (s) from Cooktown
Surface:	1,660 km²
Founding:	2005

The Jack River National Park ( English Jack River National Park ) is a 1660 square kilometer national park on the Cape York Peninsula in the Australian state of Queensland . It is administered by the local Aborigines together with the Queensland National Park Administration under the status of Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land (CYPAL) .

location

The park is located in the Far North Queensland region and is 80 kilometers northwest of Cooktown and 50 kilometers north of Laura . It borders immediately to the west on Lakefield National Park , in the north on Cape Melville National Park and in the east on Starcke National Park . There is no access to the park and there are no visitor facilities.

Naming

The national park is named after the Jack River , a river that rises in the eastern part of the park.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Australian Government - CAPAD 2010 ( MS Excel ; 170 kB), DSEWPaC , accessed on October 7, 2012 (English)
2. ^ Joint management of Cape York Peninsula national parks , Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service , accessed October 7, 2012
3. ↑ Cape York Peninsula - Parks and Reserves - Visitor Guide (PDF; 3.8 MB), Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service , accessed on October 7, 2012 (English)