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Green Island National Park
Queensland
IUCN category II (national park)
Green Island National Park is located in Queensland
Green Island National Park
Green Island National Park
Nearest town or cityCairns
Coordinates16°45′35″S 145°58′28″E / 16.75972°S 145.97444°E / -16.75972; 145.97444
Established1937
Area12 ha (30 acres)
Managing authoritiesQueensland Parks and Wildlife Service
WebsiteGreen Island National Park
See alsoProtected areas of Queensland

Green Island National Park is a protected area declared over a small (12 ha) coral cay of Green Island, Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia.[1] It is known to the local Gungganyji Aboriginal peoples as Dabuukji. The Gungganyji people used the island as an initiation ground.[2]

It is 27 km offshore from Cairns (1394 km northwest of Brisbane), Queensland, can be accessed by a choice of boats leaving daily from Cairns, and is reputed to be the most visited (popular) island National Park within the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area.[3]

  1. ^ "Green Island National Park (entry 14741)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference xqnp was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Queensland National Parks and Wildlife Service". Archived from the original on 21 September 2007. Retrieved 20 November 2007.

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