Wet Tropics of Queensland World Heritage Site

Official name: Wet Tropics of Queensland | UNESCO
Country: Australia | Map
Continent: Australia
Location: -15.6500° Lat, 144.9666° Lon | Map
Code: 486
Time Zone: Australia/Sydney (AEST, +1000)
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Category: Natural
Description: Inscribed 1988. This area, which stretches along the north-east coast of Australia for some 450 km, is made up largely of tropical rainforests. This biotope offers a particularly extensive and varied array of plants, as well as marsupials and singing birds, along with other rare and endangered animals and plant species.