Sinclair Island is part of the
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park and one of the southern island in the
Cole Islands
Cole may refer to:
Plants
* Cole crops of the genus ''Brassica'', especially cabbage, kale, or rape (rapeseed).
People
* Cole (given name), people with the given name Cole
* Cole (surname), people with the surname Cole
Companies
*Cole Motor C ...
group and National Park and is about 100 km south-east of
Cape Melville, Queensland.
Sinclair Island is a vegetated sand
cay located 15 km from the coast, well established with
coconut palms
The coconut tree (''Cocos nucifera'') is a member of the palm tree family (Arecaceae) and the only living species of the genus ''Cocos''. The term "coconut" (or the archaic "cocoanut") can refer to the whole coconut palm, the seed, or the f ...
and
sisal that provide a habitat for a number of roosting birds and
green turtles and
hawksbill turtles
The hawksbill sea turtle (''Eretmochelys imbricata'') is a critically endangered sea turtle belonging to the family Cheloniidae. It is the only extant species in the genus ''Eretmochelys''. The species has a global distribution, that is large ...
.
This island is used by a number of tour operators.
Islands on the Great Barrier Reef
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