Cobourg Peninsula
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The Cobourg Peninsula is located 350 kilometres east of Darwin in the Northern Territory, Australia. Mostly a tourist attraction, it is constituted mostly of parks, and is known for its pristine wilderness. It is home to a large variety of sea life and the world's largest herd of pure-strain banteng. It is also renowned for its Aboriginal culture. While it is only sparsely inhabited today, it was once the site of an attempt at founding a major trading port, Port Essington, of which the ruins are still accessible today.
Croker Island lies to the north of the peninsula and Van Diemen Gulf to the south.
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