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Capricornia Cays National Park, the Glossary

Capricornia Cays is both a national park and a scientific national park in Queensland (Australia), located 486 km and 472 km north of the state capital Brisbane respectively.^[1]

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33 relations: Australasia, Australia, Biodiversity, Black noddy, Brisbane, Brown booby, Bundaberg, Cay, Coral, Erskine Island, Fairfax Islands, Geographic coordinate system, Gladstone, Queensland, Great Barrier Reef, Heron Island (Queensland), Hoskyn Islands, Important Bird Area, International Union for Conservation of Nature, Lady Musgrave Island, Loggerhead sea turtle, Masthead Island, National park, North West Island, One Tree Island (Queensland), Pisonia grandis, Prawn, Protected areas of Queensland, Queensland, Seventeen Seventy, Queensland, Tryon Island, Wedge-tailed shearwater, Wilson Island (Queensland), Wreck Island.
National parks of Central Queensland
Parks established in the 1990s

Australasia

Australasia is a subregion of Oceania, comprising Australia, New Zealand, and some neighbouring islands in the Pacific Ocean.

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Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands.

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Biodiversity

Biodiversity (or biological diversity) is the variety and variability of life on Earth.

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Black noddy

The black noddy (Anous minutus), also known as white-capped noddy, is a species of tern in the family Laridae.

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Brisbane

Brisbane (Meanjin) is the capital of the state of Queensland and the third-most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of approximately 2.6 million.

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Brown booby

The brown booby (Sula leucogaster) is a large seabird of the booby family Sulidae, of which it is perhaps the most common and widespread species.

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Bundaberg

Bundaberg is a city in the Bundaberg Region, Wide Bay, Queensland, Australia, and is the tenth largest city in the state.

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Cay

A cay, also spelled caye or key, is a small, low-elevation, sandy island on the surface of a coral reef.

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Coral

Corals are colonial marine invertebrates within the class Anthozoa of the phylum Cnidaria.

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Erskine Island is a small coral cay in the southern Great Barrier Reef, located 60 kilometres northeast of Gladstone, Queensland and 17 km west-south-west of Heron Island. Capricornia Cays National Park and Erskine Island are important Bird Areas of Queensland and islands on the Great Barrier Reef.

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Fairfax Islands

Fairfax Islands is a pair of small coral cays, both of which have been used as a bombing range. Capricornia Cays National Park and Fairfax Islands are important Bird Areas of Queensland and islands on the Great Barrier Reef.

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Geographic coordinate system

A geographic coordinate system (GCS) is a spherical or geodetic coordinate system for measuring and communicating positions directly on Earth as latitude and longitude.

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Gladstone, Queensland

Gladstone is a coastal city in the Gladstone Region, Queensland, Australia.

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Great Barrier Reef

The Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest coral reef system, composed of over 2,900 individual reefs and 900 islands stretching for over over an area of approximately.

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Heron Island (Queensland)

Heron Island is a coral cay located near the Tropic of Capricorn in the southern Great Barrier Reef. Capricornia Cays National Park and Heron Island (Queensland) are important Bird Areas of Queensland and islands on the Great Barrier Reef.

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Hoskyn Islands

Hoskyn Islands is a pair of small coral cays. Capricornia Cays National Park and Hoskyn Islands are important Bird Areas of Queensland and islands on the Great Barrier Reef.

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Important Bird Area

An Important Bird and Biodiversity Area (IBA) is an area identified using an internationally agreed set of criteria as being globally important for the conservation of bird populations.

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International Union for Conservation of Nature

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is an international organization working in the field of nature conservation and sustainable use of natural resources.

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Lady Musgrave Island

Lady Musgrave Island is a coral cay on Australia's Great Barrier Reef, with a surrounding reef. Capricornia Cays National Park and Lady Musgrave Island are important Bird Areas of Queensland and islands on the Great Barrier Reef.

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Loggerhead sea turtle

The loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) is a species of oceanic turtle distributed throughout the world.

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Masthead Island is a coral cay located in the southern Great Barrier Reef, 60 kilometres northeast of Gladstone, Queensland. Capricornia Cays National Park and Masthead Island are important Bird Areas of Queensland and islands on the Great Barrier Reef.

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National park

A national park is a nature park designated for conservation purposes because of unparalleled national natural, historic, or cultural significance.

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North West Island

North West Island is a coral cay in the southern Great Barrier Reef, located 75 kilometres northeast of Gladstone, Queensland. Capricornia Cays National Park and north West Island are important Bird Areas of Queensland and islands on the Great Barrier Reef.

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One Tree Island (Queensland)

One Tree Island is a small coral cay. Capricornia Cays National Park and One Tree Island (Queensland) are important Bird Areas of Queensland and islands on the Great Barrier Reef.

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Pisonia grandis

Pisonia grandis, the grand devil's-claws, is a species of flowering tree in the Bougainvillea family, Nyctaginaceae.

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Prawn

Prawn is a common name for small aquatic crustaceans with an exoskeleton and ten legs (members of the order of decapods), some of which are edible.

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Protected areas of Queensland

Queensland is the second-largest state in Australia.

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Queensland

Queensland (commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a state in northeastern Australia, the second-largest and third-most populous of the Australian states.

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Seventeen Seventy, Queensland

Seventeen Seventy, sometimes written 1770 or Town of 1770, is a coastal town and locality in the Gladstone Region, Queensland, Australia.

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Tryon Island

Tryon Island is a coral cay located in the southern Great Barrier Reef, 86 km northeast of Gladstone, Queensland, Australia, and 465 km north of the state capital Brisbane. Capricornia Cays National Park and Tryon Island are important Bird Areas of Queensland and islands on the Great Barrier Reef.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capricornia_Cays_National_Park

Also known as Capricornia Cays.