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Cape Melville

Point in Queensland, Australia

Summary

Point in Queensland, Australia

Field	Value
name	Cape Melville
type	Cape
photo	Cape-melville-cape-york-queensland-australia.JPG
photo_caption	Beach at Cape Melville
map	Australia
map_caption	Location in Australia
location	Cape York Peninsula, Australia
water_bodies	Coral Sea
coordinates
area
website

| volcanic_arc/belt = Cape Melville is a headland on the eastern coast of the Cape York Peninsula in Australia. To its west lies Princess Charlotte Bay. It is part of the Cape Melville National Park. Cape Melville was named Stoney Cape in 1815 by Lieutenant Charles Jeffreys on the HM Kangaroo but later renamed by him as Cape Melville

Pipon Island is about six km north of the cape and Hales Island about two km east, both part of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. King Island lies several kilometres to the north west of the cape. The highest peak on the cape is Abbey Peak, which named in 1901 by Commander Munro. R.N., while aboard .

The cape consists of granite outcrops which formed 250 million years ago.

Unique ecosystem

The headland has been described as a "lost world". Several animal species have existed in an isolated section of rainforest for millions of years. A field of granite boulders has prevented bushfires from affecting the area and kept moisture in.

In March 2013, a team of scientists and filmmakers joined the ranks of the few human visitors to the misty rain forest atop the Melville Range, a small mountain range on Cape Melville, part of northeastern Australia's Cape York Peninsula.

The fauna and flora found near Cape Melville is diverse and includes several endemic species, including the Foxtail Palm the Cape Melville leaf-tailed gecko, the Cape Melville shade skink, the Blotched boulder-frog and the Cape Melville Tree Frog.

References

[https://parks.des.qld.gov.au/parks/cape-melville/about/culture "Queensland Government Parks & Forests"] .
(30 September 1935). "NOMENCLATURE OF QUEENSLAND.". National Library of Australia.
(10 October 2013). "Cape Melville National Park: Nature, culture and history". Department of National Parks, Recreation, Sport and Racing.
Zoe Mintz. (28 October 2013). "'Lost World' In Australia Uncovers New Species On Cape Melville". [[International Business Times]].
(28 October 2013). "New species found in remote rainforest at Cape Melville range". News Limited.
Christine Dell'Amore, ''National Geographic'', October 25, 2013l
Hoskin, Conrad J.. (1 October 2013). "A spectacular new leaf-tailed gecko (Carphodactylidae: ''Saltuarius'') from the Melville Range, north-east Australia". Zootaxa.
(28 October 2013). [https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/nature/leaftailed-gecko-goldencoloured-skink-and-boulderdwelling-frog-new-species-found-in-australias-lost-world-8909466.html Leaf-tailed gecko, golden-coloured skink and boulder-dwelling frog: New species found in Australia's lost world ]. ''The Independent''. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
(2005). "The rainforests of Cape York Peninsula". Rainforest CRC.

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