Farmer Island is an island in the

Piper Islands National Park The Piper Islands National Park is a national park in Far North Queensland, Australia. It lies 1977 km northwest of Brisbane, Australia, Brisbane. It comprises four small islands lying on the inner northern Great Barrier Reef off the ea ...

in the

Great Barrier Reef Marine Park The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park protects a large part of Australia's Great Barrier Reef from damaging activities. It is a vast multiple-use Marine Park which supports a wide range of uses, including commercial marine tourism, fishing, ports an ...

Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , established_ ...

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. It is located in

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about 100 km northeast of Kutini-Payamu National Park and Lockhart River and 50 km south of

Cape Grenville Cape Grenville (), is a small, east-facing promontory along the Queensland, Australia coast of Cape York Peninsula. It lies between Shelburne Bay to the north and Temple Bay to the south. The nearest significant settlement is Weipa, along the w ...

. The island, along with neighbouring

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and

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, constitutes the Piper Islands

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, so identified by

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because of its importance as a breeding site for

pied imperial pigeon The pied imperial pigeon (''Ducula bicolor'') is a relatively large, pied species of pigeon. It is found in forest, woodland, mangrove, plantations and scrub in Southeast Asia, ranging from Myanmar and Thailand, throughout Indonesia and east to t ...

s and black noddies. It is around 5 hectares or 0.05 square km in size.

References

Islands on the Great Barrier Reef Important Bird Areas of Queensland Uninhabited islands of Australia Islands of Far North Queensland Protected areas of Far North Queensland {{Queensland-national-park-stub