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Sandy Cape (also known by the Indigenous name of Woakoh) is the most northern point on Fraser Island (also known as K'gari and Gari) off the coast of Queensland, Australia.[1][2] The place was named Sandy Cape for its appearance by James Cook during his 1770 voyage up the eastern coast of Australia aboard the Endeavour.[1] To the south the next two ocean headlands are Waddy Point and Indian Head (the latter was also named by Cook noting "...on which a number of Natives were assembled..." and is also known as Tukkee in the Badtjala language, meaning stone or stone knife).[3][4][5]
The cape is protected within the K'gari section of the Great Sandy National Park. BreakSea Spit extends about 30 kilometres (19 mi) north of Sandy Cape.[6] Nesting loggerhead and green turtles use the remote, sandy location as a rookery.[7] Nighttime driving along the beach at Sandy Cape is banned during the nesting season. The vegetation at the cape is stunted and windswept.[6] The foredunes are lightly covered by spinifex grass.
Vehicle access to Sandy Cape is only available by the eastern beach at low tide.[6] Camping is permitted in the area and it is a popular location with anglers.
^ ab"Sandy Cape – cape in the Fraser Coast Region (entry 29635)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
^"Fraser Island – island in the Fraser Coast Region (entry 47533)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
^Hema Maps (1997). Discover Australia's National Parks. Milsons Point, New South Wales: Random House Australia. p. 174. ISBN 1-875992-47-2.
^"Waddy Point – point in the Fraser Coast Region (entry 36121)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
^"Indian Head – cape in the Fraser Coast Region (entry 47541)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
^ abcHinchliffe, David; Julie Hinchliffe (2006). Explore Fraser Island. Robe, South Australia: Great Sandy Publications. pp. 70–71. ISBN 0-9758190-0-3.
^Jennifer Chapman (8 February 2010). "Tiny turtles start their journey". Noosa News. APN News & Media. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 3 December 2010.
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