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Gore Island is an island about 1 km southeast of Cape Grenville in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Queensland, Australia, in Temple Bay about 200 km northeast of Kutini-Payamu National Park and Lockhart River in the Cape York Peninsula. This island is part of Home Islands. It is also part of the Cape York to Cape Grenville Islands Important Bird Area.
References
- ↑ BirdLife International. (2011). Important Bird Areas factsheet: Piper Islands. Downloaded from "BirdLife International - conserving the world's birds". Archived from the original on 10 July 2007. Retrieved 1 September 2013. on 19/09/2011.
- ↑ "Map of Baird Island in Queensland - Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia". www.bonzle.com. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
Coordinates: 12°14′31″S143°12′43″E / 12.242°S 143.212°E
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