Just south of the peninsula are cairns mareeba mossman and port douglas. Others are just small townships such as bamaga seisia coen laura and lakeland. Cape york towns the only real cape york towns are weipa and cooktown.
Coordinates cape york peninsula is a large remote peninsula in the far north of queensland australiait is the largest unspoilt wilderness in eastern australia and one of the last remaining wilderness areas on earth. Not the yorke peninsula in south australia or cape york greenland. This article is about the peninsula in the australian state of queensland.
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Cape york peninsula queensland. The larger rivers all emptying into the gulf. From its tip at cape york it extends southward in queensland for about 500 miles 800 km widening to its base which spans 400 miles 650 km from cairns east to the gilbert river west.
Cape york peninsula northernmost extremity of australia projecting into thetorres strait between the gulf of carpentaria west and the coral sea east. Tropical rainforests and palm fringed beaches flank its eastern side and sweeping savannah woodlands eucalyptus forests and coastal mangroves its west. The great dividing range forms the spine of the cape.
Rugged remote cape york peninsula has one of the wildest tropical environments on the planet. The land is mostly flat and about half of the area is used for grazing cattle. Cape york peninsula is a large remote peninsula located in far north queensland australia it is the largest unspoiled wilderness in northern australia.
