Mount Bauple National Park

Mount Bauple is a scientific national park in Queensland, Australia, 190 km north of Brisbane.

Mount Bauple National Park
Queensland
IUCN category Ia (strict nature reserve)
Mount Bauple National Park
Coordinates25°48′49″S 152°34′24″E
Established1935
Area5 km2 (1.9 sq mi)
Managing authoritiesQueensland Parks and Wildlife Service
See alsoProtected areas of Queensland

The park's main purpose is to protect the area's exceptional scientific values. Mount Bauple shares its name with the bauple or bopple nut, the local name for the nut from the commercial Queensland nut tree Macadamia integrifolia. While this plant is cultivated extensively in Queensland and overseas, its natural distribution is extremely limited, and its status in the wild is listed as vulnerable. The commercial value of the species adds considerably to the importance of protecting the wild population.[1]

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