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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

Though palm cockatoos also live in Papua New Guinea and Indonesia, they have been observed drumming only in Cape York Peninsula, which suggests the habit is cultural.

From New York Times ● Jun. 28, 2017

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

The first indication that a new, gigantic cassowary awaited discovery came from my examination of Edward P. Kelledy’s expedition log of 1845, a little-known account of an ill-fated expedition to Australia’s Cape York Peninsula.

From Scientific American ● Apr. 1, 2014

The boomerang, that quintessential Australian weapon, was abandoned in the Cape York Peninsula of northeastern Australia.

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

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