Bowling Green Bay National Park

Bowling Green Bay National Park
Queensland
Alligator Creek Falls, 1997
Bowling Green Bay National Park is located in Queensland
Bowling Green Bay National Park
Bowling Green Bay National Park
Nearest town or cityTownsville
Coordinates19°12′48″S 147°02′02″E / 19.21333°S 147.03389°E / -19.21333; 147.03389
Established1977
Area554 km2 (213.9 sq mi)
Managing authoritiesQueensland Parks and Wildlife Service
WebsiteBowling Green Bay National Park
Footnotes
Official nameBowling Green Bay
Designated22 October 1993
Reference no.632[1]
See alsoProtected areas of Queensland

Bowling Green Bay is a national park in the City of Townsville and Shire of Burdekin, Queensland, Australia,[2] 1,103 km northwest of Brisbane, and 28 km south of Townsville and 59 km north of Ayr. It is a Ramsar Convention listed site. The park protects diverse range of habitats including the rugged, forested landscape surrounding Mount Elliot and Saddle Mountain as well as coastal estuaries between Cape Cleveland and Cape Bowling Green.[3]

  1. ^ "Bowling Green Bay". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  2. ^ "Bowling Green Bay National Park (entry 39386)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
  3. ^ Hema Maps (1997). Discover Australia's National Parks. Milsons Point, New South Wales: Random House Australia. p. 192. ISBN 1-875992-47-2.