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Hinchinbrook Island National Park Queensland
IUCN category II (national park)
Hinchinbrook Island, 2006
Hinchinbrook Island National Park
Nearest town or city	Cardwell
Coordinates	18°22′55″S 146°14′49″E / 18.38194°S 146.24694°E / -18.38194; 146.24694
Established	1932
Area	399 km² (154.1 sq mi)^[1]
Managing authorities	Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service
Website	Hinchinbrook Island National Park
See also	Protected areas of Queensland

Hinchinbrook Island National Park is Australia's largest island national park. It is situated along the Cassowary Coast Queensland, Australia. The nearest capital city is Brisbane approximately 1240 Lucinda is 135 km or 1.5 hours drive north of Townsville being the closest North Queensland provincial city. Cairns a Far North Queensland provincial city is two and a half to 3 hours drive north from Cardwell. The main geographical features in the park are the rugged Hinchinbrook Island, including Mount Bowen (1,121 m, 3,678 ft), The Thumb (981 m, 3,219 ft), Mount Diamantina (953 m, 3,127 ft) and Mount Straloch (922 m, 3,025 ft).^[2]

Situation

The Hinchinbrook Island National Park includes 393 km² area of Hinchinbrook Island.^[3] The continental island has a mountainous interior providing diverse refuges for endemic and Endangered Species, such as dugong and green turtle.^[4]

Other conservation parks nearby

These continental islands which are part of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park are Goold Island National Park, Brook Islands National Park and Family Islands National Park.

References

^ "About Hinchinbrook Island".
^ "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
^ Ellison, J., 2000. Wetlands, Biodiversity and the Ramsar Convention, Chapt. 5; Ed. Hails, A.J. Case Study 1: Australia, Mangroves on Hinchinbrook Island. Australian Institute of Marine Science. Townsville, QLD. Australia.
^ "About | Hinchinbrook Island National Park". Parks and forests | Department of Environment and Science, Queensland. 22 October 2009. Retrieved 8 June 2022.

Hema maps. (1997). Discover Australia's National Parks. pp 178 – 179 Random House. ISBN 1-875992-47-2

External links

Media related to Hinchinbrook Island at Wikimedia Commons

v t e Far North Queensland, Queensland
Cities	Cairns
Townships	Atherton Aurukun Babinda Badu Island Bamaga Burketown Cardwell Chillagoe Coen Cooktown Croydon Dimbulah Doomadgee Georgetown Gordonvale Herberton Hope Vale Innisfail Karumba Kowanyama Kuranda Laura Lockhart River Malanda Mapoon Mareeba Millaa Millaa Mission Beach Mornington Island Mossman Napranum Normanton Pormpuraaw Port Douglas Thursday Island Tully Weipa Wujal Wujal Yungaburra
Local Government Areas	Aurukun Burke Cairns Carpentaria Cassowary Coast Cook Croydon Doomadgee Douglas Etheridge Hope Vale Kowanyama Lockhart River Mapoon Mareeba Mornington Napranum Northern Peninsula Area Pormpuraaw Tablelands Torres Strait Islands (not autonomous) Torres Strait Islands (autonomous) Weipa Wujal Wujal Yarrabah
National Parks	Alwal Annan River Apudthama Barnard Island Group Barron Gorge Blackbraes Bulleringa Cape Melville Chillagoe-Mungana Claremont Isles Clump Mountain Crater Lakes Daintree Danbulla Davies Creek 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 Hinchinbrook Island Hope Islands Howick Group Hull River Japoon Kalkajaka Kirrama Kuranda Kurrimine Beach Kutini-Payamu Lama Lama 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 Precipice 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
Places of Interest	Atherton Tableland Barron Falls Cape Tribulation Daintree Rainforest Hinchinbrook Island Mount Bartle Frere Princess Charlotte Bay Torres Strait Islands

v t e National parks of Queensland
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
Protected areas of Queensland

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-The Hinchinbrook Island National Park includes 393&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> area of Hinchinbrook Island.<ref>Ellison, J., 2000. [http://www.ramsar.org/cda/ramsar/display/main/main.jsp?zn=ramsar&cp=1-30-101%5E21183_4000_0__ Wetlands, Biodiversity and the Ramsar Convention], Chapt. 5; Ed. Hails, A.J. Case Study 1: Australia, Mangroves on Hinchinbrook Island. Australian Institute of Marine Science. Townsville, QLD. Australia.</ref> The continental island has a mountainous interior providing diverse refuges for endemic and [[Endangered Species]], such as [[dugong]] and green turtle.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2009-10-22 |title=About {{!}} Hinchinbrook Island National Park |url=https://parks.des.qld.gov.au/parks/hinchinbrook/about |access-date=2022-06-08 |website=Parks and forests {{!}} Department of Environment and Science, Queensland |language=en-AU}}</ref>
+The Hinchinbrook Island National Park includes 393&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> area of Hinchinbrook Island.<ref>Ellison, J., 2000. [http://www.ramsar.org/cda/ramsar/display/main/main.jsp?zn=ramsar&cp=1-30-101%5E21183_4000_0__ Wetlands, Biodiversity and the Ramsar Convention], Chapt. 5; Ed. Hails, A.J. Case Study 1: Australia, Mangroves on Hinchinbrook Island. Australian Institute of Marine Science. Townsville, QLD. Australia.</ref> The continental island has a mountainous interior providing diverse refuges for endemic and [[Endangered Species]], such as [[dugong]] and [[Green sea turtle|green turtle]].<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2009-10-22 |title=About {{!}} Hinchinbrook Island National Park |url=https://parks.des.qld.gov.au/parks/hinchinbrook/about |access-date=2022-06-08 |website=Parks and forests {{!}} Department of Environment and Science, Queensland |language=en-AU}}</ref>
 ==Other conservation parks nearby==

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Situation

Other conservation parks nearby

See also

References

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