Wet Tropics of Queensland
Also known as Tropiques humides de Queensland, Wet Tropics of Queensland World Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
Category
Natural
Inscribed under criteria (vii), (viii), (ix), (x).
Region
Asia and the Pacific
Australia
Inscribed
1988
Area
893,453 ha
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Wet Tropics of Queensland is about 35 km south of Cairns. The nearest other World Heritage site is Great Barrier Reef, about 90 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Cairns · about 154,000 peopleabout 35 km north
- Townsville · about 139,000 peopleabout 250 km south-east
- Mackay · about 76,000 peopleabout 560 km south-east
- Mount Isa · about 33,000 peopleabout 770 km south-west
- Rockhampton · about 66,000 peopleabout 840 km south-east
- Port Moresby · about 284,000 peopleabout 870 km north
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
AustraliaNatural89 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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