Sandbanks National Park

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Sandbanks National Park
Sandbanks National Park (Queensland)
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Coordinates: 13 ° 21 ′ 53.5 ″  S , 143 ° 57 ′ 16 ″  E
Location: Queensland , Australia
Specialty: Sandbanks
Next city: 275 kilometer (s) from Cooktown
Surface: 8.4 ha
Founding: 1989
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The Sandbanks National Park (English Sandbanks National Park ) is a 8.4 hectare national park in Queensland , Australia . It is located within the Great Barrier Reef and is therefore part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site .

The national park is located 390 kilometers northwest of Cairns on the east coast of the Cape York Peninsula in the Coral Sea . The islands lie off Point Stewart north of Princess Charlotte Bay , 100 kilometers east of Coen and 275 kilometers northwest of Cooktown .

In the immediate vicinity are the national parks Claremont Isles and Flinders Group in the Coral Sea , on the mainland KULLA (McIlwraith Range) and Lama Lama .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Australian Government - CAPAD 2010 ( MS Excel ; 170 kB), DSEWPaC , accessed on October 7, 2012 (English)
  2. ↑ Australian Government - CAPAD 1997 ( MS Excel ; 93 kB), DSEWPaC , accessed on October 7, 2012 (English)