Mount Cook National Park, Australia
Mount Cook National Park is a protected area in the locality of Cooktown, in the Shire of Cook, Queensland, Australia.
Geography
The national park is immediately south of the town of Cooktown.
The terrain ranges from 0 to 431 metres (0 to 1,414 ft) above sea level. The mountain Mount Cook is in the east of the national park (15°29′26″S 145°15′51″E / 15.4906°S 145.2642°E). Also known as Gore Mount, it rises 431 metres (1,414 ft) above sea level, the highest point in the national park.
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.
See also
References
- ^ "Mount Cook National Park – national park in the Shire of Cook (entry 39564)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
- ^ "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
- ^ "Mount Cook – mountain in Cook Shire (entry 8044)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "About Mount Cook". Archived from the original on 9 April 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
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