Cape Gloucester, Queensland
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| Coordinates: 20°09′44″S 148°31′43″E / 20.1622°S 148.5286°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 228.2 km2 (88.1 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 85 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 0.3725/km2 (0.965/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+10:00 (AEST) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 4800 | ||||||||||||
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Cape Gloucester is a coastal rural locality in the Whitsunday Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2021 census Cape Gloucester had a population of 85 people.[1]
Coastal features
Two parts of the Dryander National Park are in the east and south of the locality. Apart from these protected areas, the predominant land use is grazing on native vegetation.[3] There are houses dotted along the coastline and along Hydeaway Bay Road (mostly on rural residential blocks).[3]
The locality has the following coastal features, clockwise:[4]
- Edgecumbe Bay (20°06′49″S 148°23′25″E / 20.1137°S 148.3902°E)[5]
- Sinclair Bay (also known as Sinclaire Bay) (20°06′49″S 148°27′16″E / 20.1136°S 148.4544°E).[5]
- Cape Gloucester (20°03′38″S 148°27′12″E / 20.0606°S 148.4533°E)[4][6]
- Gloucester Passage (20°03′26″S 148°27′42″E / 20.0573°S 148.4617°E)[7]
- Shoal Bay (20°04′39″S 148°29′10″E / 20.0775°S 148.4862°E)[5]
- George Point (20°04′04″S 148°33′45″E / 20.0678°S 148.5626°E)[4][8]
- Double Bay (20°11′27″S 148°36′42″E / 20.1908°S 148.6116°E)[5]
Mountains
The locality has the following mountains:
- Ben Lomond (Sugar Loaf) (20°09′24″S 148°26′54″E / 20.1568°S 148.4484°E) 429 metres (1,407 ft)[4][9]
- Cork Hills (20°11′34″S 148°29′52″E / 20.1928°S 148.4978°E) 165 metres (541 ft)[4][10]
History
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The locality is named after the cape, which was in turn named after William Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh, on 4 June 1770 by Lieutenant James Cook of HMS Endeavour.[11]
