Haycock Island is an island in
Far North Queensland
Far North Queensland (FNQ) is the northernmost part of the Australian state of Queensland. Its largest city is Cairns and it is dominated geographically by Cape York Peninsula, which stretches north to the Torres Strait, and west to the Gulf C ...
northeast of
Palm Cove
Palm Cove is a suburb of Cairns in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Palm Cove had a population of 2,059 people.
It is named after the palm trees that line the beach.
Geography
Palm Cove is located in Far North Queensland ...
and about north of
Cairns
Cairns (, ) is a city in Queensland, Australia, on the tropical north east coast of Far North Queensland. The population in June 2019 was 153,952, having grown on average 1.02% annually over the preceding five years. The city is the 5th-most-p ...
,
Queensland
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in
Trinity Bay.
Haycock Island is a few hundred metres southeast of
Double Island.
The island was formed by a huge
earthquake
An earthquake (also known as a quake, tremor or temblor) is the shaking of the surface of the Earth resulting from a sudden release of energy in the Earth's lithosphere that creates seismic waves. Earthquakes can range in intensity, from ...
that caused a massive upheaval of the earth's
tectonic plates
Plate tectonics (from the la, label=Late Latin, tectonicus, from the grc, τεκτονικός, lit=pertaining to building) is the generally accepted scientific theory that considers the Earth's lithosphere to comprise a number of large te ...
. This can be observed by the steep angles of the rocks protruding upward from the
ocean
The ocean (also the sea or the world ocean) is the body of salt water that covers approximately 70.8% of the surface of Earth and contains 97% of Earth's water. An ocean can also refer to any of the large bodies of water into which the wo ...
.
It is uninhabited by human beings. There is no fresh water source on Haycock Island.
It is sometimes nicknamed the ''Scout's Hat'' because it looks like an oversized
scout hat.
Haycock Island is a nesting haven for
Bridled Terns.
Islands of Far North Queensland
Islands of Queensland
Uninhabited islands of Australia
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