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Description: Fraser Island location map: Date: 18 March 2007 (original upload date) (Original text: March 18, 2007)Source: Transferred from to Commons. (Original text: Own work based on PD map)
European settlers who arrived in 1847 named the island "Fraser Island" after Captain James Fraser, master of Stirling Castle, who was shipwrecked and died on the island in early August 1836. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ] On 7 June 2023, the island was officially renamed K'gari by the state government.
Map of Fraser Island with Hook Point Topo map sheet of Fraser Island. Hook Point (Indigenous name: Torerr) is the southernmost tip of Fraser Island (also known as K'Gari and Gari) in Queensland, Australia. [1] It is the landing point for ferry services from Inskip Point, which is some 1,200 meters further south. [2]
The K'gari (Fraser Island) Great Walk is a long-distance walking track on K'gari, Queensland, Australia. Hikers should be fully self-sufficient and to carry sufficient water. The walk is rated easy to moderate on a difficulty scale being mostly at sea level [1] and is traversed in one direction. The track
Access to Fraser Island ideally requires a high-clearance 4WD vehicle. [10] Parts of the Cooloola section are also inaccessible without a four-wheel drive. Vehicles entering the park need to obtain a vehicle permit for both Fraser Island and the Cooloola Recreational Area. Both sections have numerous camping areas.
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The landmark is the most easterly point on the island and a popular tourist destination. [3] Indian Head is located at one end of Seventy Five Mile Beach. [citation needed] The outcrop consists of trachyte that was originally formed by volcanic activity 30 million years ago. [4]
Sandy Cape (also known by the Indigenous name of Woakoh) is the most northern point on Fraser Island (also known as K'gari and Gari) off the coast of Queensland, Australia. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The place was named Sandy Cape for its appearance by James Cook during his 1770 voyage up the eastern coast of Australia aboard the Endeavour .