Piper Islands National Park

Piper Islands National Park
Queensland
Piper Islands National Park is located in Queensland
Piper Islands National Park
Piper Islands National Park
Coordinates12°13′10″S 143°15′49″E / 12.21944°S 143.26361°E / -12.21944; 143.26361
Established1989
Area70,000 m2 (17 acres)
Managing authoritiesQueensland Parks and Wildlife Service
WebsitePiper Islands National Park
See alsoProtected areas of Queensland
Pied imperial pigeon perched on a branch
The islands are an important breeding site for pied imperial pigeons

The Piper Islands National Park is a national park in Far North Queensland, Australia. It lies 1977 km northwest of Brisbane. It comprises four small islands lying on the inner northern Great Barrier Reef off the eastern coast of the Cape York Peninsula in Temple Bay, between Cape Grenville and Fair Cape.[1]

  1. ^ BirdLife International. (2011). Important Bird Areas factsheet: Piper Islands. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 19/09/2011.