Mount Cook National Park, Australia

This article is about the protected area in Australia. For the protected area in New Zealand, see Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park.

Mount Cook National Park
IUCN category II (national park)
Mount Cook National Park
Location	Queensland
Nearest city	Cooktown
Coordinates	15°29′28″S145°15′36″E / 15.491°S 145.260°E / -15.491; 145.260
Area	5.02 km2 (1.94 sq mi)
Established	1970
Governing body	Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service

Mount Cook National Park is a protected area in the locality of Cooktown, in the Shire of Cook, Queensland, Australia. ^[1]

Geography

The national park is immediately south of the town of Cooktown. ^[2]

The terrain ranges from 0 to 431 metres (0 to 1,414 ft) above sea level. ^[2] The mountain Mount Cook is in the east of the national park ( 15°29′26″S145°15′51″E / 15.4906°S 145.2642°E / -15.4906; 145.2642 (Mount Cook (Gore Mount)) ). Also known as Gore Mount, it rises 431 metres (1,414 ft) above sea level, the highest point in the national park. ^{[3] [4]}

It is 1,554 km (966 mi) north-west of Brisbane. It was established in 1970 and is managed by the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service.

Within this National Park is a difficult walking track that is six kilometres (3.7 mi) return to the summit of Mount Cook. ^[5]

See also

• Queensland portal

• Protected areas of Queensland

References

1. "Mount Cook National Park – national park in the Shire of Cook (entry 39564)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 11 February 2024.
2. "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland . Retrieved 11 February 2024.
3. "Mount Cook – mountain in Cook Shire (entry 8044)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 25 November 2020.
4. "Mountain peaks and capes - Queensland". Queensland Open Data. Queensland Government. 12 November 2020. Archived from the original on 25 November 2020. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
5. "About Mount Cook". Archived from the original on 9 April 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2020.