Whitsunday Islands National Park
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IUCN category II (national park)
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Whitehaven beach on Whitsunday Island
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| Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Established | 1944 |
| Area | 170 km2 (65.6 sq mi) |
| Managing authorities | Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service |
Whitsunday Islands is a national park in Queensland, Australia, 920 kilometres (570 mi) northwest of Brisbane.
Geography
The Whitsunday Islands lie midway along Australia's Queensland coast and are bordered by the Great Barrier Reef and the waters of the Coral Sea. Migrating humpback whales favour the waters around the Whitsunday Islands as a calving ground between May and September each year.[1] Marine stingers are found in the waters of the islands between October and May.[1]
The region spans from the beaches of Bowen in the north and Laguna Whitsundays in the south. All 74 of the islands are surrounded by the Great Barrier Reef and only eight of them are inhabited.
See also
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