Moresby Range National Park

Moresby Range National Park
Queensland
Moresby Range National Park is located in Queensland
Moresby Range National Park
Moresby Range National Park
Nearest town or cityInnisfail
Coordinates17°32′48″S 146°05′00″E / 17.54667°S 146.08333°E / -17.54667; 146.08333
Established1973
Area2.79 km2 (1.08 sq mi)
Managing authoritiesQueensland Parks and Wildlife Service
See alsoProtected areas of Queensland

Moresby Range is a national park in the Cassowary Coast Region in Far North Queensland, Australia,[1] 1,314 kilometres (816 mi) northwest of Brisbane. It is part of the Coastal Wet Tropics Important Bird Area, identified as such by BirdLife International because of its importance for the conservation of lowland tropical rainforest birds.[2][3]

The national park is located on the coast south of the mouth of the Johnstone River a few kilometres from Innisfail in the Cassowary Coast Region. The range reaches elevations of around 160 metres (520 ft) above sea level. It belongs to the Wet Tropics biogregion and lies within the Johnstone River water catchment.[4] About 8% of the park is classed as wetlands.[4]

The Spectacled flying fox is the only rare or threatened species to have been identified in the park.[5] In 2010, five cassowaries which inhabit the park were tagged with GPS dataloggers with VHF transmitters to enable monitoring of their movement.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Moresby Range National Park – national park in the Cassowary Coast Region (entry 51309)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
  2. ^ BirdLife International. (2011). Important Bird Areas factsheet: Coastal Wet Tropics. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org Archived 3 March 2024 at the Wayback Machine on 2011-12-16.
  3. ^ "Moresby Range National Park: Management Statement 2013" (PDF). Parks and forests. Queensland Government. pp. 6–8. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 May 2024. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  4. ^ a b "Moresby Range National Park". WetlandsInfo. Department of Environment and Heritage Protection. Archived from the original on 6 September 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
  5. ^ "Rare or threatened mammals of Moresby Range National Park". Department of Environment and Heritage Protection. Archived from the original on 6 September 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
  6. ^ "Cassowary-tagging". The University of Queensland. Archived from the original on 6 September 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2014.


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