Editing Gloucester Island National Park

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| name                   = Gloucester Island National Park
| state                  = qld
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| image                  = Gloucester Island Allan Henderson.jpg
| caption                = Gloucester Island
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| nearest_town_or_city   = [[Bowen, Queensland|Bowen]]
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'''Gloucester Island''' is a national park in [[Queensland]], [[Australia]], 950&nbsp;km northwest of [[Brisbane]].<ref>{{cite web| title = About Gloucester Islands| work = Department of National Parks, Recreation, Sport and Racing| publisher = The State of Queensland| date = 8 October 2012| url = http://nprsr.qld.gov.au/parks/gloucester-island/about.html| access-date = 2 January 2015| archive-date = 1 April 2016| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160401125224/http://www.nprsr.qld.gov.au/parks/gloucester-island/about.html| url-status = dead}}</ref><ref>{{Google maps|url= https://www.google.com/maps/@-27.4141955,151.6025295,8z|title= Distance from Gloucester Island to Brisbane|access-date=2 January 2015}}</ref> It is visible from the town of [[Bowen, Queensland|Bowen.]]  The island was seen and erroneously named "Cape Gloucester" by [[United Kingdom|British]] explorer [[James Cook]] in 1770.<ref>{{cite web | title = Whitsundays national park islands: Nature, culture and history| work = Department of National Parks, Recreation, Sport and Racing| publisher = The State of Queensland| date = 19 October 2012| url = http://www.nprsr.qld.gov.au/parks/parks-whitsundays/culture.html| access-date = 2 January 2015 }}</ref> The name "Cape Gloucester" has been used informally for areas on or near Gloucester Island. 

Bird watching is topical from October to April, when thousands of migrating birds can be seen, especially [[Wader|waders]].<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2009-08-27 |title=Things to do {{!}} Whitsunday national park islands |url=https://parks.des.qld.gov.au/parks/parks-whitsundays/things-to-do |access-date=2022-05-03 |website=Parks and forests {{!}} Department of Environment and Science, Queensland |language=en-AU}}</ref> The average altitude of the terrain is 34 metres.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gloucester Island National Park topographic map, elevation, relief |url=https://en-au.topographic-map.com/maps/zxhw/Gloucester-Island-National-Park/ |access-date=2022-05-03 |website=topographic-map.com |language=en}}</ref>

==See also==
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* [[Protected areas of Queensland]]

==References==
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