Gloucester Island National Park
Protected area in Queensland, Australia
20°00′55″S 148°27′18″E / 20.01528°S 148.45500°E / -20.01528; 148.45500Gloucester Island is a national park in Queensland, Australia, 950 km northwest of Brisbane.[1][2] It is visible from the town of Bowen. The island was seen and erroneously named "Cape Gloucester" by British explorer James Cook in 1770.[3] The name "Cape Gloucester" has been used informally for areas on or near Gloucester Island.
Bird watching is topical from October to April, when thousands of migrating birds can be seen, especially waders.[4] The average altitude of the terrain is 34 metres.[5]
See also
Queensland portal
References
- ^ "About Gloucester Islands". Department of National Parks, Recreation, Sport and Racing. The State of Queensland. 8 October 2012. Archived from the original on 1 April 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
- ^ Google (2 January 2015). "Distance from Gloucester Island to Brisbane" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
- ^ "Whitsundays national park islands: Nature, culture and history". Department of National Parks, Recreation, Sport and Racing. The State of Queensland. 19 October 2012. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
- ^ "Things to do | Whitsunday national park islands". Parks and forests | Department of Environment and Science, Queensland. 27 August 2009. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
- ^ "Gloucester Island National Park topographic map, elevation, relief". topographic-map.com. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
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Australian places named on the First voyage of James Cook in 1770
- 19 April: Point Hicks
- Ram Head
- 20: Cape Howe
- 21 April: Mount Dromedary
- Batemans Bay
- 22 April: Pigeon House
- 25 April: Red Point
- 28 April: Botany Bay*
- 6 May: Port Jackson
- Broken Bay
- 11 May: Point Stephens
- Port Stephens
- Cape Hawke
- 12 May: The Three Brothers
- 13 May: Smoky Cape
- 15 May: Solitary Isles
- Cape Byron
- 16 May: Mount Warning
- 16 May: Point Danger
- 17 May: Point Lookout
- Cape Moreton
- Moreton Bay
- The Glass Houses
- 18 May: Double Island Point
- Wide Bay
- 19 May: Indian Head
- Sandy Cape
- 21 May: Hervey Bay
- Breaksea Spit
- 23 May: Bustard Bay*
- 25 May: Cape Capricorn
- 26 May: Keppel Isles
- 27 May: Keppel Bay
- Cape Manyfold
- 28 May: Shoalwater Bay
- Northumberland Isles
- 31 May: Pier Head
- 1 June: Long Isle
- Broad Sound
- 2 June: Slade Point
- Cape Hillsborough
- 3 June: Cape Conway
- Repulse Bay
- 4 June: Whitsundays Passage
- Pentecost Island
- Cape Gloucester
- Edgecumbe Bay
- Cumberland Islands
- 5 June: Cape Upstart
- 6 June: Magnetical Island
- Palm Isles
- Cleveland Bay
- 8 June: Halifax Bay
- Rockingham Bay
- Dunk Island
- Hillock Point
- Double Point
- 9 June: Frankland Islands
- Fitzroy Island
- Cape Grafton
- 10 June: Green Isle
- Trinity Bay
- Cape Tribulation
- Low Isles
- 13 June: Hope Islands
- 14 June – 4 August: Endeavour River
- Cape Bedford
- 10 August: Cape Flattery
- 11 August: Lizard Island*
- Eagle Island*
- 19 August: Cape Grenville
- Forbes Islands
- Bolt Head
- 20 August: Bird Isles
- Sir Charles Hardy Islands
- 21 August: York Cape
- 22 August: Possession Island*
- Prince of Wales' Isles
- 23 August: Booby Island*
*Places where Cook landed
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