Mount_Cook_National_Park,_Australia

Mount Cook National Park, Australia

Mount Cook National Park, Australia

Protected area in Queensland, Australia


Mount Cook National Park is a protected area in the locality of Cooktown, in the Shire of Cook, Queensland, Australia.[1]

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Geography

The national park is immediately south of the town of Cooktown.[2]

The terrain ranges from 0 to 431 metres (0 to 1,414 ft) above sea level.[2] The mountain Mount Cook is in the east of the national park (15.4906°S 145.2642°E / -15.4906; 145.2642 (Mount Cook (Gore Mount))). Also known as Gore Mount, it rises 431 metres (1,414 ft) above sea level, the highest point in the national park.[3][4]

It is 1,554 km (966 mi) north-west of Brisbane. It was established in 1970 and is managed by the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service.

Within this National Park is a difficult walking track that is six kilometres (3.7 mi) return to the summit of Mount Cook.[5]

See also


References

  1. "Mount Cook National Park – national park in the Shire of Cook (entry 39564)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
  2. "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
  3. "Mount Cook – mountain in Cook Shire (entry 8044)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  4. "Mountain peaks and capes - Queensland". Queensland Open Data. Queensland Government. 12 November 2020. Archived from the original on 25 November 2020. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  5. "About Mount Cook". Archived from the original on 9 April 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2020.



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