Cape Melville National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land)

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]

Cape Melville National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land) Queensland
IUCN category II (national park)
Cape Melville National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land)
Cape Melville National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land)
Nearest town or city	Cooktown
Coordinates	14°22′S 144°29′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

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]

See also

• Queensland portal

• Protected areas of Queensland