Editing Curtis Island National Park

{{Other places3|Curtis Island (disambiguation){{!}}Curtis Island}}
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| name                   = Curtis Island National Park
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| caption                = Curtis Island
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| area                   = 15.5
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| managing_authorities   = Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service
| url                    = http://www.nprsr.qld.gov.au/parks/curtis-island/index.html
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'''Curtis Island National Park''' is on [[Curtis Island, Queensland]], Australia, in the [[Gladstone Region]], {{convert|474|km}} northwest of [[Brisbane]] and {{convert|40|km}} southeast of [[Rockhampton, Queensland|Rockhampton]].

The island features coastal heaths, [[littoral]] [[rainforest]], [[sand dune]]s and beach ridges and [[Salt pan (geology)|salt flats]].<ref name="aci">{{cite web |url=http://www.nprsr.qld.gov.au/parks/curtis-island/about.html |title=About Curtis Island |date=9 December 2010 |publisher=Department of National Parks, Recreation, Sport and Racing |access-date=10 July 2013 |archive-date=21 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160921033314/http://www.nprsr.qld.gov.au/parks/curtis-island/about.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> The national park encompasses the [[Cape Capricorn]] headland.

No facilities are provided for campers.  Bush camping is permitted in three camp grounds.

The island is home to a variety of bird species.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Science |first=jurisdiction=Queensland; sector=government; corporateName=Department of Environment and |date=2010-03-04 |title=Curtis Island National Park and Conservation Park |url=https://parks.des.qld.gov.au/parks/curtis-island |access-date=2022-03-12 |website=Parks and forests {{!}} Department of Environment and Science, Queensland |language=en-AU}}</ref>

The average elevation of the terrain is 16 metres.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Curtis Island National Park topographic map, elevation, relief |url=https://en-us.topographic-map.com/maps/krok/Curtis-Island-National-Park/ |access-date=2022-03-13 |website=topographic-map.com |language=en}}</ref>

==Heritage listings==
Curtis Island has a number of [[heritage-listed]] sites, including:
* Sea Hill Point: [[Sea Hill Light]]<ref>{{cite QHR|31935|Little Sea Hill Lighthouse|602784|access-date=11 July 2015}}</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|Queensland}}
* [[Port of Gladstone]]
* [[Protected areas of Queensland]]
* [[Yellow chat]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Central Queensland}}
{{National Parks of Queensland}}

[[Category:National parks of Central Queensland]]
[[Category:Protected areas established in 1909]]
[[Category:1909 establishments in Australia]]


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