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Cape York

noun

  1. the northernmost point of the Australian mainland, in N Queensland on the Torres Strait at the tip of Cape York Peninsula (a peninsula between the Coral Sea and the Gulf of Carpentaria)

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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A spokesperson for Queensland's environment department confirmed officials were investigating the incidents, which appear to have been filmed on the Lockhart River in Cape York.

From BBC

Some of his belongings have since been found near a river on Queensland's remote Cape York Peninsula.

From BBC

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

From BBC

Mr Darmody was an experienced fisherman and a well-known member of the community in Cape York.

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Authorities said the boy had been swimming near the town of Bamaga in Cape York, on Australia's northern tip, when he was stung on 22 February.

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