Saunders-Islands-Nationalpark

The Saunders Islands National Park (English Saunders Islands National Park ) is a 61.3 -acre national park in Queensland, Australia. It consists of six coral islands and some sandbars, and is a UNESCO World Heritage Great Barrier Reef.

Location

The National Park is located 630 kilometers north of Cairns and 140 kilometers south of Cape York on the east coast of Cape York Peninsula in the Coral Sea. The islands are located 15 to 25 kilometers away from the coast along the Shelburne Bay.

In the vicinity of the Coral Sea are the national parks Denham Group and Sir Charles Hardy Group, on the mainland Jardine River.

Provincial nature

The National Park consists of six coral islands and some non-vegetated sandbanks. The smallest are only a few hundred meters long, the largest has a diameter of almost 2 kilometers.

Flora and Fauna

The vegetation varies from island to island, there are grasslands, small patches with low- growth forest, mangroves and scrubland.

Man almost untouched, the islands many species both habitat and breeding opportunities, including the risk of carbon black oystercatchers offer (Haematopus fuliginosus ), the Little Tern ( Sternula albifrons ) and the Rifftriel ( Esacus giganteus). The hawksbill turtle ( Eretmochelys imbricata ) lays its eggs on the beaches of the islands.