Three Islands National Park

Protected area in Queensland, Australia

Three Islands National Park
Queensland

IUCN category II (national park)

Three Islands National Park

Nearest town or city| Cooktown
Coordinates| 15°06′S 145°25′E﻿ / ﻿15.100°S 145.417°E﻿ / -15.100; 145.417
Established| 1939
Area| 40 hectares (99 acres)
Managing authorities| Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service
Website| Three Islands National Park
See also| Protected areas of Queensland

Three Islands and Three Islands Reef are part of the Three Islands Group National Park in Far North Queensland, Australia, in the Coral Sea, 1,581 km (982 mi) northwest of Brisbane, about 44 km (27 mi) north-northeast of Cooktown.

The Three Islands Group National Park comprises Three Islands, Two Islands and Rocky Islets, a group of eight islands. They are all located within the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority.

* Three Islands consists of islands (a), (b) and (c) and are about 15 km north-east of Cape Bedford and 44 km north-north-east of Cooktown.
* Two Islands is about 10 km east-south-east of Cape Flattery (the closest settlement) and about 54 km north-east of Cooktown and consists of islands (a) and (b).
* The most northern sub-group, Rocky Islets, has three islands (a), (b) and (c) and is about 17 km north-east of Cape Flattery and 72 km north-east of Cooktown.

The islands are important and protected seabird nesting sites. Access to the Rocky Islets is prohibited, and camping is only permitted on Two Islands (a) -- between 1 April and 31 August. A maximum of 10 people for up to 14 days is permitted.

## See also

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* Queensland portal

* Protected areas of Queensland

## References

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* Map, nprsr.qld.gov.au
* About Three Islands Group, nprsr.qld.gov.au

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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

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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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