Whitsunday Islands National Park

Whitsunday Islands National Park
Hill Inlet
Coordinates: 20 ° 3 ′ 37 ″  S , 148 ° 52 ′ 27 ″  O
Location:	Queensland , Australia
Specialty:	Tropical islands
Next city:	Proserpine - Mackay
Surface:	170 km²
Founding:	1944

The Whitsunday Islands National Park is a national park in Queensland ( Australia ), 926 km northwest of Brisbane . The region stretches from the beaches of Bowen in the north to Laguna Whitsundays in the south. It consists of a charming island world, the Whitsunday Islands on the Australian east coast, which is known for its white sandy beaches and crystal clear water.

The national parks of Molle Islands , Lindeman Islands and Gloucester Island are in the vicinity .

fauna

Migratory humpback whales prefer the waters around the Whitsunday Islands as a calving area between May and September each year. Box jellyfish colonize the water between October and May.

Web links

Commons : Whitsunday Islands National Park  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

• Official website (English)

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)
3. ↑ 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 
4. ↑ ^{a b} Explore Queensland's National Parks . Explore Australia Publishing, Prahran, Victoria 2008, ISBN 978-1-74117-245-4 , p. 19.