Hicks Island | |
Location: | Northern Australia |
Area Km2: | 1.6 |
Country: | Australia |
Country Admin Divisions Title: | State |
Country Admin Divisions: | Queensland |
Hicks Island is an island about 1 km southeast of Cape Grenville in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Queensland, Australia, in Temple Bay about 200 km northeast of Kutini-Payamu National Park and Lockhart River in the Cape York Peninsula.[1] It is around 160ha in size. This island is part of the Home Islands Group.
Hicks Island is also part of the Cape York to Cape Grenville Islands Important Bird Area.[2] The island is inhabited by species such as the pied imperial-pigeon, bridled tern, roseate tern and lesser crested tern.