Mount Cook National Park, Australia

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

Geography

The national park is immediately south of the town of Cooktown. The terrain ranges from 0 to 431 m above sea level. The mountain Mount Cook is in the east of the national park (-15.4906°N, 145.2642°W). Also known as Gore Mount, it rises 431 m above sea level, the highest point in the national park. It is 1,554 km 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 6 km return to the summit of Mount Cook.

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