Hicks_Island

Hicks Island

Hicks Island

Island in Queensland, Australia

Hicks Island is an island about 1 km southeast of Cape Grenville in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Queensland, Australia, in Temple Bay about 200 km northeast of Kutini-Payamu National Park and Lockhart River in the Cape York Peninsula.[1] It is around 160 hectares (395.4 acres) in size.[1] This island is part of the Home Islands Group.

For the island in the United States, see Hicks Island (New York).

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Birdlife

Hicks Island is also part of the Cape York to Cape Grenville Islands Important Bird Area.[2] The island is inhabited by species such as the pied imperial-pigeon, bridled tern, roseate tern and lesser crested tern.

  • A pied imperial-pigeon
  • A bridled tern pair
  • A roseate tern pair

References

  1. [1]
    "Map of Hicks Island,QLD". Retrieved 10 January 2013.
  2. [2]
    "Cape York to Cape Grenville Islands". BirdLife International. Retrieved 10 January 2013.


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