Gloucester Island National Park

"Gloucester Island" redirects here. For the fictional island, see The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming.

Protected area in Queensland, Australia

Gloucester Island National Park
Queensland

IUCN category II (national park)

Gloucester Island

Gloucester Island National Park

Nearest town or city| Bowen
Coordinates| 20°00′55″S 148°27′18″E﻿ / ﻿20.01528°S 148.45500°E﻿ / -20.01528; 148.45500
Established| 1994
Area| 29.60 km2 (11.43 sq mi)
Managing authorities| Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service
See also| Protected areas of Queensland

Gloucester 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

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* Queensland portal

* Protected areas of Queensland

## References

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1. ^ "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.
2. ^ "Distance from Gloucester Island to Brisbane" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
3. ^ "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.
4. ^ "Things to do | Whitsunday national park islands". Parks and forests | Department of Environment and Science, Queensland. 27 August 2009. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
5. ^ "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

Victoria|

* 19 April: Point Hicks
* Ram Head
* 20: Cape Howe

New South Wales|

* 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

Queensland|

* 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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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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North Queensland

Cities|

* Charters Towers
* Mackay
* Townsville

Towns|

* Airlie Beach
* Ayr
* Bowen
* Ingham
* Proserpine

Local Government Areas|

* Burdekin
* Charters Towers
* Hinchinbrook
* Mackay
* Palm Island
* Townsville
* Whitsunday Region

National Parks|

* 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
* 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

Places of interest|

* Wallaman Falls
* Whitsunday Islands

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