West Cape York Marine Park

Conservation values

Species and habitat

• Important resting area for turtles between egg laying, for the threatened: flatback turtle, hawksbill turtle and olive ridley turtle.
• Important roosting area for aggregations of the migratory lesser frigate bird.

  Bioregions and ecology

• Examples of the ecosystems of two provincial bioregions: the Northern Shelf Province and the Northeast Shelf Transition Province
• Gulf of Carpentaria coastal zone
• Gulf of Carpentaria basin

  History

Summary of protection zones