| Great Keppel Island Wop-pa (Woppaburra) Queensland | |
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 Aerial view of Great Keppel Island | |
  Great Keppel Island | |
| Coordinates | 23°10′34″S 150°57′38″E / 23.1761°S 150.9606°E |
| Postcode(s) | 4700 |
| Time zone | UTC+10 (UTC) |
| Location | 15 km (9 mi) from Yeppoon (W) |
| LGA(s) | Shire of Livingstone |
| State electorate(s) | Keppel |
| Federal division(s) | Capricornia |
Great Keppel Island (Woppaburra: Wop-Pa) lies 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) from the coast off Yeppoon in the locality of The Keppels in the Shire of Livingstone, Queensland, Australia.[1] It is part of the Capricorn Coast of Central Queensland. The island's traditional owners are the Woppaburra people. As the largest of the eighteen islands in the Keppel Group, Wop-Pa covers an area of 1308 hectares.
The tropical climate and numerous beaches attract tourists from all points, and a number of accommodation villages and houses cater to tourists. There are 17 white sandy beaches with some of the highest cover of hard coral reefs on the Great Barrier Reef. The coral diversity of these reefs matches that of the Whitsundays with clear waters most of the year around.[2]
- ^ "Great Keppel Island – island in Livingstone Shire (entry 14713)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
- ^ Alison M. Jones, Ray Berkelmans & Wayne Houston (19 July 2011). Species Richness and Community Structure on a High Latitude Reef: Implications for Conservation and Management Archived 6 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 28 February 2012.