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Northeast Cape York Peninsula supports Australia's largest areas of this highly diverse ecosystem. [7] The extensive wetlands on Cape York Peninsula are "among the largest, richest and most diverse in Australia". [37] 19 wetlands of national significance have been identified, mostly on the large floodplains and in coastal areas.
Cape Melville National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land) is a national park in the Shire of Cook, Queensland, Australia. [1] The national park was previously named Cape Melville National Park until it was renamed on 28 November 2013.
The original inhabitants of the Cape York were the Djagaraga peoples. [citation needed] Cape York was named by Lieutenant James Cook on his first voyage of exploration along the eastern coast of Australia in 1770. He named it on 21 August 1770 "in honour of His Royal Highness, the Duke of York" referring to Prince Edward, Duke of York and ...
The Peninsula Developmental Road (PDR) runs 571 km (355 mi) from Lakeland to Weipa. [1] It is the main road transport link within Cape York Peninsula and to the rest of the Australian mainland. The segment from Weipa Town to 43 km (27 mi) south of the town is within the Rio Tinto [2] mine lease.
English: Map of Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia. Drawn using Inscape . This image supercedes the similar File:Cyp ed 6.svg, by the addition of the 'Telegraph Track' and minor edits.
The Cape York Peninsula tropical savanna is a tropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands ecoregion in northern Australia. It occupies the Cape York Peninsula in Queensland , mainland Australia's northernmost point. [ 2 ]
European settlement on Cape York began with the establishment of Somerset in 1865. [7] The settlement was formed at the tip of Cape York Peninsula after a recommendation from the Queensland Governor Sir George Bowen that it would be a favourable location for a harbour of refuge and a well-positioned international trading port. [7]
Location and features [ edit ] Formed by the confluence of a series of waterways including the Fish Creek in the Port Musgrave Aggregation estuarine wetlands , the Pennefather River flows due west, joined by the Turtle Creek from the north and Dingo Creek from the south, before emptying into the Gulf of Carpentaria south of Mapoon .