Mount Aberdeen National Park

Mount Aberdeen National Park
IUCN Category II (National Park)
Coordinates	20°11′55″S 147°55′16″E / 20.19861°S 147.92111°E / -20.19861; 147.92111Coordinates: 20°11′55″S 147°55′16″E / 20.19861°S 147.92111°E / -20.19861; 147.92111
Area	29.10 km2 (11.24 sq mi)
Established	1967
Managing authorities	Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service

Mount Aberdeen is a national park in Queensland, Australia, 961 km northwest of Brisbane, and 40km south-west of Bowen. The Park is in 2 sections; the Mount Aberdeen section of 1840ha dedicated in 1952, and the Highlanders Bonnet section of 1370ha dedicated in 1967. The Park has no direct public access road or public facilities. Both Mount Aberdeen and Highlander's Bonnet are composed of granite, with Mount Aberdeen summit reaching 901m and Highlander's Bonnet 624m. The Park is notable for containing the sole regional occurrence of tropical cloud forest at the summit of Mount Aberdeen, with large areas of hoop pine (Araucaria cunninghamii) on the slopes of both peaks. Semi-evergreen vine thicket (subtropical dry broadleaf forest) is found in sheltered areas. There is also an unusual red gum-snow grass community in the park that is found nowhere else in Queensland. Mammals recorded in the park include unadorned rock wallabies, eastern grey kangaroos, common wallaroos, northern quolls and koalas. Found in the Park is the Mt Elliott grey ant, which is at its southern limit.^[1]

1. ^ Mt Aberdeen National Park Management Plan 2011. Planning Services Unit, Department of Environment and Resource Management, State of Queensland.

See also

• Protected areas of Queensland