K’gari (Fraser Island)
Also known as Fraser, Fraser Island, Fraser Island (Gari), Fraser Island, Queensland, Fraser Island, Queensland, Australia, Gari, Great Sandy Island, Ile Fraser, île Fraser, Île Fraser, K'gari, K'gari (Fraser Island) World Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
Category
Natural
Inscribed under criteria (vii), (viii), (ix).
Region
Asia and the Pacific
Australia
Inscribed
1992
Area
184,000 ha
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
K’gari (Fraser Island) is about 90 km south-east of Bundaberg.
Nearest towns and cities
- Hervey Bay · about 25,000 peopleabout 30 km west
- Maryborough · about 21,000 peopleabout 55 km south-west
- Bundaberg · about 52,000 peopleabout 90 km north-west
- Sunshine Coast · about 71,000 peopleabout 160 km south
- Caloundra · about 39,000 peopleabout 170 km south
- Caboolture · about 32,000 peopleabout 210 km south
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
AustraliaNatural598 km away
Further resources
The official record, while our own profile is in hand
The official record
- World Heritage Centre page for this sitewhc.unesco.org
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