NOUN
- a peninsula in Queensland in northeastern Australia between the Gulf of Carpentaria and the Coral Sea
How To Use Cape York Peninsula In A Sentence
- The festival takes place biennially at the site that is sacred to the aboriginal community in Cape York peninsula, which is surrounded by some of the oldest rock art in the world. Asia in Pictures
- Over 100 Gondwanan species are found on the Cape York Peninsula, including members of the primitive angiosperm families Annonaceae and Lauraceae, as well as orchids of the Arthochilus, Corybas, and Calochilus genera, and members of the Araucariaceae and Podocarpaceae families. Cape York tropical savanna
- Restricted range and globally threatened birds present in Cape York Peninsula include the buff-breasted buttonquail (Turnix olivii EN), golden-shouldered parrot (Psephotus chrysopterygius EN), lovely fairywren (Malurus amabilis), white-streaked honeyeater (Trichodere cockerelli), and yellow-spotted honeyeater (Meliphaga notata). Cape York tropical savanna
- While there has been no systematic Peninsula-wide survey of invertebrates, nearly 60 percent of all Australian butterflies (223 species) occur on Cape York Peninsula, including the spectacular Cape York birdwing (Troides priamus pronomus). Cape York tropical savanna
- The fine-leafed beefwood or forest wax tree, Grevillea coriacea (family Proteaceae), is a characteristic tree of the open woodland and grassland of central Cape York Peninsula.
- One of the "salties" was trapped on the west coast of the Cape York Peninsula and then flown by helicopter to the east coast.
