Russell Island (Frankland Islands)

Russell Iceland is a small, uninhabited island, the east coast of Queensland is 11.4 and is part of the Frankland Group National Park. The archipelago of the Frankland Islands is - from north to south - from the five islands High, Normanby, Mabel, Round and Russell. The main part of Russell Island in the far south is connected cubical about 300 x 200 meters tall and with a sickle-shaped, sandy promontory with a lying in the northeast, small boulder. Both halves of the island extend beyond 70 meters from the sea. While the south to the land mass has rather moderate slope, the northern rock formation is steep and towering to climb only a few places by the water side. Both parts and the central part of the peninsula are overgrown bushy. In the southern tropical forest dominates the vegetation, while the northern part is very sparse and little overgrown.

On the flat central part of the twin island is a station of the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service, which provides for the protection of under conservation since 1936 island. In the subregion with tropical jungle, the Python is native to the shallow parts of the beach regularly breed turtles, especially green turtles. In addition, the island is a popular nesting place of birds, particularly the Stone Curlew and the Great fruit pigeons. The island is part of guided tourist expeditions from Cairns, but can also be driven with private yachts.

Since 1929, located on the southern part of a lighthouse, which is unmanned and solar operated since 1989.