Claremont-Isles-Nationalpark

The Claremont Isles National Park (English Claremont Isles National Park ) is a 63 -acre national park in Queensland, Australia. It is located within the Great Barrier Reef and is thus part of the UNESCO World Natural Heritage.

Location

The National Park is located 385 km north-west of Cairns on the east coast of Cape York Peninsula in the Coral Sea. The islands are Stewart Point north of Princess Charlotte Bay, 55 kilometers east of Coen and 270 kilometers north-west of Cooktown.

In the vicinity are in the Coral Sea National Parks Marpa, Sandbanks and Flinders Group on the mainland KULLA ( McIlwraith Range) and Lama Lama.

Provincial nature

The archipelago consists of three islands, Fife Iceland, Iceland Pelican and Burkitt Iceland.

Fauna

The islands are an important resting and nesting place for birds, so visitors should avoid to go ashore, camping is prohibited. On all the islands live different kinds of terns. Especially often Eilseeschwalbe ( Thalasseus bergii ) is to be found, but also the endangered Little Tern (Sterna albifrons ) is native to the islands.

In Burkitt Iceland lives a large number of two-color fruit pigeons ( Ducula bicolor) and the vast expanse of sand and lagoons are a habitat for migratory birds such as the Rifftriel ( Esacus giganteus). Pelican Iceland is named after a colony of Pelican which breed regularly; on Fife Iceland live Wedge-tailed Shearwater ( Puffinus pacificus ).

The surrounding islands reefs and extensive seagrass beds are an important habitat for dolphins, dugongs and sea turtles. On Pelican Iceland broods a small colony of sea turtles rights ( Eretmochelys imbricata ).