Cape Melville National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land)

Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use Australian English Template:Infobox Australian place Cape Melville National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land) is a national park in the Shire of Cook, Queensland, Australia.<ref name=qpn>Template:Cite QPN</ref> The national park was previously named Cape Melville National Park until it was renamed on 28 November 2013.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Geography

The park is 1,711 km northwest of Brisbane.<ref>Template:Cite map</ref> Its main features are the rocky headlands of Cape Melville, granite boulders of the Melville Range and beaches of Bathurst Bay.<ref name="qh">Template:Cite web</ref>

The national park was the site of a 2013 National Geographic scientific expedition which discovered three new species. These were the Cape Melville leaf-tailed gecko, Cape Melville shade skink and the Blotched boulder-frog.<ref name="ncp">Template:Cite news</ref> The park is home to a wide variety of plant communities, including mangroves, rainforests, heathlands, woodlands and grasslands.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The average elevation of the terrain is 43 metres.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>