Cape York Peninsula


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

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How to use Cape York Peninsula in a sentence

  • The blacks in this part of the colony are bad enough, but on Cape York Peninsula, they are worse—daring and ferocious cannibals.

    Tom Gerrard | Louis Becke
  • Its form in the scrubs of the Cape York Peninsula is long and creeping, forming a net work of vines very formidable to progress.

    The Overland Expedition of The Messrs. Jardine | Frank Jardine and Alexander Jardine
  • It is the first thing of the kind ever seen on Cape York Peninsula.

    Tom Gerrard | Louis Becke