Wuthara Island is a national park in

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. It is located 1,962 km northwest of

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in the

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, about 40 km North East of Kutini-Payamu National Park and Lockhart River in the

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area in the

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just off the small locality of Portland Road. From its founding in 1990 to 2011, the park was named Forbes Islands National Park.

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