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Cape York Peninsula

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noun

  1. a peninsula in NE Australia, in N Queensland, between the Gulf of Carpentaria and the Coral Sea.


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The last fatal crocodile attack happened in April this year on the Kennedy River in Cape York Peninsula, Queensland.

From BBC Nov. 8, 2023

This mosquito is only found in the Torres Strait, to the north of Australia, between Australia’s Cape York Peninsula and Papua New Guinea.

From New York Times Feb. 1, 2016

The claim - filed on behalf of nine traditional owners - refers to much of the Cape York Peninsula in the far north of Queensland.

From BBC Jan. 22, 2015

H. longii has been reported from Cape York Peninsula but this is considered doubtful by some authors.

From Scientific American Jan. 17, 2014

The most important transmissions were of New Guinea shell fishhooks, which spread far into Australia, and of New Guinea outrigger canoes, which spread down the Cape York Peninsula.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

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