Australia
Queensland
Shire of Torres

Cape York

Cape York, also known by its Indigenous name Pajinka, is the northernmost point of the mainland of Australia. It is within the locality of in the , .
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  • Type: Cape
  • Description: cape in Queensland, Australia
  • Also known as: “The Tip”

Cape York

Latitude
-10.68715° or 10° 41′ 14″ south
Longitude
142.53156° or 142° 31′ 54″ east
Open location code
5RX48G7J+4J
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2138519757
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­cape
Geo­Names ID
2142268
Wiki­data ID
Q1728345
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Cape York” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Cabu York”
  • Azerbaijani: “York burnu”
  • Basque: “York lurmuturra”
  • Belarusian: “Ёрк (мыс, Аўстралія)”
  • Belarusian: “Ёрк”
  • Belarusian: “Мыс Ёрк”
  • Catalan: “York”
  • Cebuano: “Cape York”
  • Czech: “mys York”
  • Dutch: “Cape York”
  • Dutch: “Kaap York”
  • French: “cap York (Australie)”
  • French: “Cap York”
  • German: “Cape York”
  • German: “Kap York”
  • Hebrew: “חצי האי כף יורק”
  • Japanese: “ヨーク岬”
  • Kabardian: “Йорк”
  • Kazakh: “Йорк мүйісі”
  • Latvian: “Jorkas rags”
  • Lithuanian: “Jorko kyšulys”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kapp York”
  • Polish: “Jork (przylądek)”
  • Polish: “Jork”
  • Polish: “Przylądek Jork”
  • Portuguese: “Cabo York”
  • Russian: “Йорк (мыс, Австралия)”
  • Russian: “Йорк (мыс)”
  • Russian: “Йорк”
  • Russian: “Мыс Йорк (Австралия)”
  • Russian: “Мыс Йорк”
  • Serbian: “Cape York”
  • Serbian: “Рт Јорк”
  • Spanish: “Cabo York”
  • Swedish: “Cape York”
  • Swedish: “Kap York”
  • Ukrainian: “Йорк”
  • Ukrainian: “Мис Йорк”
  • Uzbek: “York”
  • Welsh: “Penrhyn York”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Cape York”. Photo: Oalexander, Public domain.