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Cape Melville is a national park in the Shire of Cook, Queensland, Australia.[1]

Cape Melville National Park
Queensland
IUCN category II (national park)
Cape Melville National Park
Nearest town or cityCooktown
Established1973
Area1,370 km2 (529.0 sq mi)
Managing authoritiesQueensland Parks and Wildlife Service
WebsiteCape Melville National Park
See alsoProtected areas of Queensland

Geography


The park is 1,711 km northwest of Brisbane.[2] Its main features are the rocky headlands of Cape Melville, granite boulders of the Melville Range and beaches of Bathurst Bay.[3]

The national park was the site of a 2013 National Geographic scientific expedition which discovered three new species. These were the Cape Melville leaf-tailed gecko, Cape Melville shade skink and the Blotched boulder-frog.[4] The park is home to a wide variety of plant communities, including mangroves, rainforests, heathlands, woodlands and grasslands.[5][6] The average elevation of the terrain is 43 meters.[7]


See also



References


  1. "Cape Melville National Park – Shire of Cook (entry 43837)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  2. Hema, Maps (2007). Australia Road and 4WD Atlas (Map). Eight Mile Plains Queensland: Hema Maps. p. 15. ISBN 978-1-86500-456-3.
  3. "Cape Melville National Park". Queensland Holidays. Tourism and Events Queensland. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
  4. Sarah Elks (28 October 2013). "'New' creatures pop up as Cape York secrets revealed". The Australian. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
  5. Science, jurisdiction=Queensland; sector=government; corporateName=Department of Environment and (20 October 2009). "About | Cape Melville National Park (CYPAL)". Parks and forests | Department of Environment and Science, Queensland. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
  6. Stanton, J.P.; Fell, David. G. (2005). "The rainforests of Cape York Peninsula". Rainforest CRC. pp. 32, 42, 59, 60, 61, 73, 77, 78, 85, 131, 142, 145, 147, 148, 172, 173 via National Library of Australia.
  7. "Cape Melville National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land)".





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