Editing Hope Islands National Park

{{distinguish|Hope Island, Queensland}}
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{{Use Australian English|date=September 2014}}
{{Infobox Australian place
| type                   = protected
| name                   = Hope Islands National Park
| state                  = qld
| iucn_category          = II
| image                  = Snapper-island.jpg
| caption                = Snapper Island, part of the Hope Islands National Park
| image_alt              = 
| coordinates            = {{coord|15|43|53|S|145|27|26|E|display=inline,title}}
| relief                 = yes
| map_alt                = 
| nearest_town_or_city   = [[Cooktown, Queensland|Cooktown]]
| area                   = 1.74
| area_footnotes         = 
| established            = 1939
| established_footnotes  = 
| visitation_num         = 
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| visitation_footnotes   = 
| managing_authorities   = Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service
| url                    = http://www.nprsr.qld.gov.au/parks/hope-islands/
}}
'''Hope Islands National Park''' is a national park in [[Queensland]] ([[Australia]]) 1,521&nbsp;km north-west of [[Brisbane]].  The park  consists of four islands: East Hope and West Hope, Snapper Island and Struck Island.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2009-10-19 |title=About {{!}} Hope Islands National Park (CYPAL) |url=https://parks.des.qld.gov.au/parks/hope-islands/about |access-date=2023-06-11 |website=Parks and forests |publisher=Queensland Government |language=en-AU}}</ref>  

The Hope Islands are situated approximately 37&nbsp;km south-east of [[Cooktown, Queensland|Cooktown]] and about 8&nbsp;km offshore ({{Coord|-15.73889|145.45222|type:isle_region:AU-QLD|name=Hope Islands}}) and officially part of the mainland [[Suburbs and localities (Australia)|locality]] of [[Rossville, Queensland|Rossville]].<ref>{{Cite QPN|16113|Hope Islands|island group in the Shire of Cook|access-date=11 June 2023}}</ref>

[[Struck Island (Queensland)|Struck Island]] is a rocky outcrop just off Thornton Beach and south of [[Cape Tribulation, Queensland|Cape Tribulation]].{{Citation needed|date=June 2023}}

[[Snapper Island (Queensland)|Snapper island]] is about two&nbsp;km long and is at the mouth of the [[Daintree River]].  It is about 20&nbsp;km north of [[Port Douglas, Queensland|Port Douglas]].{{Citation needed|date=June 2023}}

Access is via private vessel or by permitted commercial operators.{{Citation needed|date=June 2023}}

The Hope islands were named by Lt [[James Cook]] on 13 June 1770, after his ship ''[[HMS Endeavour]]'' narrowly escaped sinking after running aground on the eastern part of Endeavour Reef at 11pm on 11 June. Cook writes of taking a risk and sailing from the reef on the morning of 13 June in favourable conditions but the three operational bilge pumps could not keep up with the flow of water.  Cook wrote "we were always in hopes of being able to reach these Islands". Cook speaks of he and the crew thinking the situation so dire that the best scenario would be to ground the boat on the reef surrounding the islands if the mainland could not be reached. They aimed to build a vessel from the wreck to make it back to the East Indies.  However, some crew members were able to "[[wikt:fother|fother]]" the leak using a sail so that the water could be cleared easily using one bilge pump.  Endeavour was able to be sailed safely to what is now Cooktown so that repairs could be undertaken.<ref>{{cite book |title =The Journals of Captain James Cook on His Voyages of Discovery, vol. I:The Voyage of the Endeavour 1768–1771 |editor=Beaglehole, J.C.|editor-link=John Cawte Beaglehole |  pages=343–347 | year =1968 | publisher =Cambridge University Press | oclc=223185477}}</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|Queensland}}
* [[Protected areas of Queensland]]

== References ==
{{commons category|Hope Islands National Park}}
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{{Far North Queensland}}
{{National Parks of Queensland}}

[[Category:National parks of Far North Queensland]]
[[Category:Protected areas established in 1939]]
[[Category:1939 establishments in Australia]]