Cape Melville National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land)

Protected area in Queensland, Australia

14°22′S 144°29′E / 14.367°S 144.483°E / -14.367; 144.483Established1973Area1,370 km² (529.0 sq mi)Managing authoritiesQueensland Parks and Wildlife ServiceWebsiteCape Melville National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land)See alsoProtected 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]

Geography

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]

References

^ "Cape Melville National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land) – national park in the Shire of Cook (entry 50820)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
^ "Nature Conservation (Protected Areas) Amendment Regulation (No. 3) 2013". 29 November 2013. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
^ Hema, Maps (2007). Australia Road and 4WD Atlas (Map). Eight Mile Plains Queensland: Hema Maps. p. 15. ISBN 978-1-86500-456-3.
^ "Cape Melville National Park". Queensland Holidays. Tourism and Events Queensland. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
^ Sarah Elks (28 October 2013). "'New' creatures pop up as Cape York secrets revealed". The Australian. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
^ Science, jurisdiction=Queensland; sector=government; corporateName=Department of Environment and (20 October 2009). "About | Cape Melville National Park (CYPAL)". Parks and forests | Department of Environment and Science, Queensland. Retrieved 17 February 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ Stanton, J.P.; Fell, David. G. (2005). "The rainforests of Cape York Peninsula". Rainforest CRC. pp. 32, 42, 59, 60, 61, 73, 77, 78, 85, 131, 142, 145, 147, 148, 172, 173 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "Cape Melville National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land)".

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Central	Baga Blackdown Tableland Bulburin Byfield Capricorn Coast Capricornia Cays Carnarvon Castle Tower Curtis Island Deepwater Epping Forest Eurimbula Expedition Goodedulla Humboldt Isla Gorge Junee Keppel Bay Islands Kroombit Tops Littabella Mazeppa Minerva Hills Mount Archer Mount Colosseum Mount Etna Caves Mount O'Connell Mount Walsh Nuga Nuga Palmgrove Peak Range Precipice Rundle Range Snake Range Taunton Warro West Hill Wild Cattle Island
Darling Downs	Bendidee Bunya Mountains Crows Nest Erringibba Girraween Main Range Mount Binga Pidna Southwood Sundown The Palms Wondul Range
Far North	Alwal Annan River Apudthama Barnard Island Group Barron Gorge Basilisk Range Blackbraes Bulleringa Cape Melville Chillagoe-Mungana Claremont Isles Clump Mountain Crater Lakes Daintree Danbulla Davies Creek Dinden Djiru Ella Bay Endeavour River Eubenangee Swamp Family Islands Fitzroy Island Flinders Group Frankland Group Forty Mile Scrub Great Basalt Wall Green Island Grey Peaks Girramay Girringun Goold Island Hann Tableland Hasties Swamp Herberton Range Hinchinbrook Island Hope Islands Howick Group Hull River Japoon Kalkajaka Kirrama Kuranda Kurrimine Beach Kutini-Payamu Lama Lama Little Mulgrave Lizard Island Ma’alpiku Island Macalister Range Malaan Maria Creek Marpa Michaelmas and Upolu Cays Millstream Falls Mitchell-Alice Rivers Mitirinchi Island Moresby Range Mount Cook Mount Hypipamee Mount Lewis Mount Spurgeon Mount Webb Mount Windsor Mowbray Ngalba Bulal Nymph Island Oyala Thumotang Palmerston Rocks Piper Islands Possession Island Raine Island Rinyirru Rocky Islets Russell River Sandbanks Saunders Islands Sir Charles Hardy Group Staaten River Starcke Three Islands Topaz Road Tully Gorge Turtle Group Two Islands Undara Volcanic Wooroonooran Wuthara Island Yamarrinh Wachangan Islands Yungaburra
North	Blackwood Brook Islands Bowling Green Bay Brampton Islands Broad Sound Islands Cape Hillsborough Cape Palmerston Cape Upstart Conway Dipperu Dryander Eungella Gloucester Island Halifax Bay Wetlands Holbourne Island Homevale Lindeman Islands Magnetic Island Molle Islands Moorrinya Mount Aberdeen Mount Martin Mount Ossa Newry Islands Northumberland Islands Orpheus Island Paluma Range Pioneer Peaks Reliance Creek Repulse Island Round Top Island Smith Islands South Cumberland Islands South Island Swain Reefs Whitsunday Islands
South West	Alton Chesterton Range Culgoa Floodplain Currawinya Diamantina Hell Hole Gorge Idalia Lake Bindegolly Mariala Narkoola Thrushton Tregole
North West	Boodjamulla Camooweal Caves Porcupine Gorge White Mountains
Central West	Astrebla Downs Bladensburg Cudmore Diamantina Forest Den Goneaway Lochern Munga-Thirri Narrien Range Welford
Wide Bay-Burnett	Auburn River Beeron Beninbi Burrum Coast Cania Gorge Coalstoun Lakes Fairlies Knob Goodnight Scrub Goomboorian Great Sandy Grongah Mount Bauple Pipeclay Poona Tarong Woocoo Woondum Woowoonga
Brisbane and Surrounds	Bellthorpe Bribie Island Burleigh Head Conondale D'Aguilar Deer Reserve Dularcha Esk Eudlo Creek Ferntree Creek Fort Lytton Freshwater Gatton Glass House Mountains Kondalilla Lamington Lockyer Mapleton Falls Mooloolah River Moogerah Peaks Gheebulum Kunungai Mount Barney Mount Chinghee Mount Coolum Mount Pinbarren Naree Budjong Djara Nicoll Scrub Noosa Nerang Ravensbourne Sarabah Southern Moreton Bay Islands St Helena Island Springbrook Tamborine Teerk Roo Ra Tewantin Triunia Tuchekoi Venman Bushland West Cooroy Wickham
Former national parks	Blue Lake
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