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In 1848, Kennedy, Assistant-Surveyor of New South Wales, led an expedition to explore Cape York Peninsula. Tour by Willem Jansz with ship Duyfken, in 1605–1606 In February 1606, Dutch navigator Willem Janszoon landed near the site of what is now Weipa , on the western shore of Cape York Peninsula. [ 4 ]
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.
Continental Australia: Mount Kosciuszko, New South Wales (2,228 metres (7,310 ft)) [4] Furthest point from the centre of the earth: Thornton Peak, Queensland (6,377.866 kilometres) [5] Tallest Mountain, as measured from ocean floor: Mount Hamilton, Macquarie Island (5,000 + metres) [5] Including Australian Antarctic Territory: Dome A (4,093 ...
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 ]
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap Download coordinates as: KML GPX (all coordinates) GPX (primary coordinates) GPX (secondary coordinates) This is a list of Australian places named by James Cook. James Cook was the first navigator to chart most of the Australian east coast, one of the last major coastlines in the world unknown to Europeans at the time. Cook named many bays, capes and ...
Cooktown is a coastal town and locality in the Shire of Cook, Queensland, Australia. [2] [3] Cooktown is at the mouth of the Endeavour River, on Cape York Peninsula in Far North Queensland where James Cook beached his ship, the Endeavour, for repairs in 1770.
The Great Dividing Range stretches more than 3,500 kilometres (2,175 mi) from Dauan Island in the Torres Strait off the northern tip of Cape York Peninsula, running the entire length of the eastern coastline through Queensland and New South Wales, then turning west across Victoria before finally fading into the Wimmera plains as rolling hills ...
Seisia is the area north of New Mapoon and west of Bamaga on Cape York Peninsula. Seisia Island Community lies within a small DOGIT (Deed of Grant in Trust) area granted in 1986 by the Queensland Government at Red Island Point. It is the most northerly mainland community in Queensland and has a harbour used by supply vessels and ferry services ...