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[edit] CAPE YORK PENINSULA

Latitude and Longitude The latitude and longitude of the Cape York Peninsula is 27°28′S and 153°02′E. It is located at the tip of Queensland. Since it is located near the equator, it receives a tropical climate.

Climate The climate in Cape York Peninsula is divided into a wet and a dry season. The temperature across it is warm to hot, with a cooler climate in higher areas. The mean annual temperatures range from 18oC at higher elevations to 270C on the lowlands in the far south-west. A temperature over 40oC in the summer and below 5oC is rare.

Landforms There are many types of landforms in the Peninsula, ranging from mountains found on the east coast, foothills and lowlands surrounding it to the west.

[edit] Notes

Thanks for the information above, but I must mention that you cannot give latitude and longitude for the whole penninsula as it covers a huge area. I have, however, just added the coordinates for the tip of Cape York. I have added in the information you gave on climate and landforms with some small changes. I hope you aprove. John Hill 01:48, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Article overhaul

Hello there, I have recently done some research on Cape York Peninsula und though I could share my insights here. As I see the current entry is classified only as a Start-class article and could do with some more information and a better structure. Is anyone monitoring this site and if yes, would it be alright to just edit the whole page, keeping some of the exisiting information and adding a whole lot more? I'm new to Wikipedia so I'm not sure whether that is acceptable. What I've got is mainly on the natural environment, but includes a lot of useful references that I are not included in the entry so far. Hope to hear from someone soon, otherwise I will just post my proposal and see what happens. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jensemilla (talkcontribs) 04:44, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Go for it. So long as what you add is your own work, and not copied from somewhere else, then you are free to contribute. Oh, and you have to be willing to see your work get edited mercilessly by others. Hesperian 04:56, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
I second that and will try to help when I can - though I will be away travelling from mid-May to mid-July. Best wishes, John Hill (talk) 11:15, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
So I've just put up my edits. Thanks especially Hesperian for your info on how to start. Good stuff, I think I will be around here again.--Jensemilla (talk) 01:45, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
Outstanding content. Really, it's extraordinary for someone to do such a thorough rewrite on their first real edit. I'll fix a few stylistic things e.g. we don't leave "this needs editing" comments. Hesperian 01:56, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
Cool. So the sections that still need editing are better left out and then someone can add it at a later time? I just thought that it would be useful to indicate what still needs to be covered to make it more complete. But thanks for fixing up the article for now. See you around here later on--Jensemilla (talk) 02:28, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Biogeography

One of the IBRA regions is named "Cape York Peninsula"; there's a map here and a biodiversity assessment here. The World Wildlife Fund terrestrial ecoregion named Cape York Peninsula tropical savanna coincides with the IBRA region,[1] as does the BirdLife International Endemic Bird Area named "Cape York".[2] Hesperian 02:06, 2 May 2008 (UTC)