Cape Melville National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land) Queensland | |
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Nearest town or city | Cooktown |
Coordinates | 14°22′S 144°29′E / 14.367°S 144.483°E |
Established | 1973 |
Area | 1,370 km2 (529.0 sq mi) |
Managing authorities | Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service |
Website | Cape Melville National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land) |
See also | Protected areas of Queensland |
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.[2]
The park is 1,711 km northwest of Brisbane.[3] Its main features are the rocky headlands of Cape Melville, granite boulders of the Melville Range and beaches of Bathurst Bay.[4]
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.[5] The park is home to a wide variety of plant communities, including mangroves, rainforests, heathlands, woodlands and grasslands.[6][7] The average elevation of the terrain is 43 metres.[8]
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