Denham Island is part of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park at the tip of Cape Melville, Queensland in Bathurst Bay.
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| Geography | |
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| Location | Northern Australia |
| Coordinates | 14°13′41″S 144°15′58″E / 14.228°S 144.266°E |
| Area | 3.9 km2 (1.5 sq mi) |
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| State | Queensland |
It is the southernmost island in the Flinders Group National Park. It is south of Flinders Island. It is around 390 hectares or 3.9 square km in size.[1]
Aboriginal mythology (Cooktown) states Denham Island as a major Moon-Myth site, believed to have been originally joined to Bathurst Heads but later pushed out by the moon.
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