Maria Creek National Park

Maria Creek National Park
Queensland
IUCN category II (national park)
Maria Creek National Park
Coordinates 17°46′50″S 146°6′7″E / 17.78056°S 146.10194°E / -17.78056; 146.10194Coordinates: 17°46′50″S 146°6′7″E / 17.78056°S 146.10194°E / -17.78056; 146.10194
Established 1972
Area 7.49 km2 (2.89 sq mi)
Managing authorities Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service
See also Protected areas of Queensland

Maria Creek is a national park in Far North Queensland, Australia, 1292 km 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.[1]

See also

References

  1. BirdLife International. (2011). Important Bird Areas factsheet: Coastal Wet Tropics. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 2011-12-16.


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