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K'gari (/ ˈ ɡ ɑː r i / GAH-ree, lit. ' Paradise '), [3] also known by its former name Fraser Island, [4] is a World Heritage-listed sand island along the south-eastern coast in the Wide Bay–Burnett region of Queensland, Australia.
K'gari (formerly Fraser Island) is a locality on the island of the same name in the Fraser Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. [2] The island of K'gari (previously known as Fraser Island) [3] is divided into two localities: this K'gari locality consisting of most of the land, and the locality of Eurong on the east coast of the island.
Description: Fraser Island location map: Date: 18 March 2007 (original upload date) (Original text: March 18, 2007)Source: Transferred from to Commons. (Original text: Own work based on PD map)
Map of Fraser Island with Hook Point Topo map sheet of Fraser Island. Hook Point (Indigenous name: Torerr) is the southernmost tip of Fraser Island (also known as K'Gari and Gari) in Queensland, Australia. [1] It is the landing point for ferry services from Inskip Point, which is some 1,200 meters further south. [2]
On Fraser Island is the 90 km long Fraser Island Great Walk. [5] Lake Cootharaba offers fishing, sailing, and canoeing opportunities. Whale watching, fishing, four-wheel driving, and bushwalking are also popular. The park also features two shipwrecks; the SS Maheno and the Cherry Venture. [6]
From August 1934, tourists started coming to the Fraser Island Tourist Resort, a group of huts "offering every comfort and convenience" at Happy Valley. [4] [5] On 7 December 2020 a bushfire, started in October by an illegal campfire, threatened the town and caused residents to evacuate their homes as it burned out of control. [6]
Fraser Island is an uninhabited island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. It is located at the mouth of Hudson Bay off Nottingham Island 's northwestern tip. The closest community is the Inuit hamlet of Kinngait , 120 km (75 mi) to the northeast on Baffin Island .
Sandy Cape (also known by the Indigenous name of Woakoh) is the most northern point on Fraser Island (also known as K'gari and Gari) off the coast of Queensland, Australia. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The place was named Sandy Cape for its appearance by James Cook during his 1770 voyage up the eastern coast of Australia aboard the Endeavour .