Definition of Cape York Peninsula

1. Noun. A peninsula in Queensland in northeastern Australia between the Gulf of Carpentaria and the Coral Sea.

Group relationships: Australia, Commonwealth Of Australia, Queensland, Australia
Terms within: Cape York
Generic synonyms: Peninsula

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cape York Peninsula

Cape May
Cape May warbler
Cape Province
Cape Sable
Cape Town
Cape Trafalgar
Cape Verde
Cape Verde Islands
Cape Verde escudo
Cape Verde monetary unit
Cape Verdean
Cape Verdean Creole
Cape Verdeans
Cape York
Cape York Peninsula (current term)
Cape buffalo
Cape buffalos
Cape dagga
Cape hunting dog
Cape kafferboom
Cape lion
Cape lions
Cape lobster
Cape of Good Hope
Cape of Good Hope Province
Cape periwinkle
Cape primrose
Cape triangle
Cape triangles

Literary usage of Cape York Peninsula

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Eaglehawk and Crow: A Study of the Australian Aborigines, Including an by John Mathew (1899)
"... Island—Mr. Norman Taylor's in Cape York Peninsula—Mr. Cunningham's at Clack's Island—Painting at Nardoo Creek, Queensland—Captain Flinders' discovery at ..."

2. Australia by Peter Hinze (2001)
"FROM TOWNSVILLE TO Cape York Peninsula TOWNSVILLE CAIRNS DAINTREE / CAPE TRIBULATION NATIONAL PARK Cape York Peninsula of Ravenswood, the offshore isle ..."

3. Bulletin of the New York Public Library by New York Public Library (1909)
"A short comparative vocabulary of the languages of Cape York Peninsula. (Cambridge Anthrop. Exp'd. to Torres Straits. Rpts. v. 3, pp. 281-283. ..."

4. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1868)
"On the Cape York Peninsula, Australia. By Dr. A. RATTRAY, MD, EN THE triangular peninsula which forms the north-east corner of Australia is scantily peopled ..."

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