What is Cape York?
'''Cape York''' is the northernmost point of [[Australia]]. It was named by [[Lieutenant]] [[James Cook]] in [[1770]] after the [[Duke of York and Albany|Duke of York]].<ref>Frith, D.W., Frith, C.B. (1995). Cape York Peninsula: A Natural History. Chatswood: Reed Books Australia. Reprinted with amendments in 2006. {{ISBN|0-7301-0469-9}}.</ref> From the tip, it is about 160 [[kilometres|km]] to [[New Guinea]] across the [[island]]s, [[coral reef]]s and sand banks of [[Torres Strait]]. ==References== {{reflist}} {{geo-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:York, Cape}} [[Category:Geography of Queensland]] [[Category:Capes]]