Editing Mount Cook National Park, Australia

{{About|the protected area in Australia|the protected area in New Zealand|Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park}}
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'''Mount Cook National Park''' is a [[Protected areas of Queensland|protected area]]  in the [[Suburbs and localities (Australia)|locality]] of [[Cooktown, Queensland|Cooktown]], in the [[Shire of Cook]], [[Queensland]], Australia.<ref>{{Cite QPN|39564|Mount Cook National Park|national park in the Shire of Cook|access-date=11 February 2024}}</ref>

== Geography ==
The national park is immediately south of the town of Cooktown.<ref name="globe">{{Queensland Globe|access-date=11 February 2024}}</ref> 

The terrain ranges from {{Convert|0 to 431|m}} above sea level.<ref name="globe" /> The mountain Mount Cook is in the east of the national park ({{coord|-15.4906|145.2642|type:mountain_region:AU-QLD|name=Mount Cook (Gore Mount)}}). Also known as Gore Mount, it rises {{Convert|431|m}} above sea level, the highest point in the national park.<ref>{{cite QPN|8044|Mount Cook|mountain in Cook Shire|access-date=25 November 2020}}</ref><ref name="MountainPeaksCapes">{{Cite web|date=12 November 2020|title=Mountain peaks and capes - Queensland|url=https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/geographic-features-queensland-series/resource/06ff12a9-862e-4aac-bf9d-693f0a63b4c9|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125215033/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/geographic-features-queensland-series/resource/06ff12a9-862e-4aac-bf9d-693f0a63b4c9|archive-date=25 November 2020|access-date=25 November 2020|website=Queensland Open Data|publisher=[[Queensland Government]]}}</ref>

It is {{Convert|1,554|km|abbr=on}} north-west of [[Brisbane]]. It was established in 1970 and is managed by the [[Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service]].

Within this National Park is a difficult walking track that is {{Convert|6|km|spell=in}} return to the summit of Mount Cook.<ref name="qpws">{{Cite web |url=https://parks.des.qld.gov.au/parks/mount-cook/about.html |title=About Mount Cook |access-date=6 Jan 2020 |archive-date=9 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190409033432/https://parks.des.qld.gov.au/parks/mount-cook/about.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

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

==References==
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{{Far North Queensland}}
{{National Parks of Queensland}}
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[[Category:National parks of Far North Queensland]]
[[Category:Protected areas established in 1970]]
[[Category:1970 establishments in Australia]]