Capricornia Cays National Park
Capricornia Cays is both a national park and a scientific national park in Queensland (Australia), located 486 km and 472 km north of the state capital Brisbane respectively. Collectively they comprise 241 ha of coral cays.
| Capricornia Cays National Park Queensland | |
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IUCN category II (national park) | |
The Capricornia Cays support a breeding population of over half a million breeding pairs of wedge-tailed shearwaters | |
Capricornia Cays National Park | |
| Coordinates | 23°14′54″S 151°46′41″E |
| Established | 1994 |
| Area | 1.78 km2 (0.7 sq mi) |
| Managing authorities | Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service |
| Website | Capricornia Cays National Park |
| See also | Protected areas of Queensland |
Popular recreational activities in the park includes bird, whale and turtle watching as well as camping, walking, swimming, boating, snorkelling and diving. Capricornia Cays National Park is noted for its biological diversity, beauty and for provided habitat for a number of endangered plants and animals. In particular the cays are recognised as having the largest breeding population of endangered loggerhead turtles in the South Pacific.
Access to the islands via boat is available from Gladstone, Bundaberg and 1770.
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