Glass House Mountains National Park
The Glass House Mountains are a popular tourist site in the Sunshine Coast of Queensland. The mountains were named by Captain Cook, who in 1770 thought they looked like glass houses as he sailed along the eastern coast of Australia.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Park
- Description: national park in Australia
- Also known as: “Glass House Mountains N.P.”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Glass House Mountains and Tibrogargan.
Glass House Mountains
Photo: Paul Balfe, CC BY 2.0.
The Glass House Mountains are a popular tourist site in the Sunshine Coast of Queensland. The mountains were named by Captain Cook, who in 1770 thought they looked like glass houses as he sailed along the eastern coast of Australia.
Tibrogargan
Peak
Mount Tibrogargan is a small mountain in the Glass House Mountains National Park, north-northwest of Brisbane, Australia. It is a magma intrusion of hard alkali rhyolite that squeezed up into the vents of an ancient volcano 27 million years ago.
Mount Ngungun
Peak
Mount Ngungun is the sixth tallest of the Glass House Mountains at 253 metres. It has a well maintained walking trail to the summit that affords good views. Mount Ngungun is situated 3 km north of Glass House Mountains National Park.
Glass House Mountains National Park
- Categories: national park of Australia and national park
- Location: Queensland, Australia, Oceania
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Glass House Mountains National Park” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Glass House Mountains National Park”
- French: “parc national des monts Glass House”
- French: “Parc national des monts Glass House”
- German: “Glass House Mountains National Park”
- German: “Glass-House-Mountains-Nationalpark”
- Japanese: “グラスハウス・マウンテンズ国立公園”
- Polish: “Park Narodowy Glass House Mountains”
- Spanish: “Parque Nacional Montana Glasshouses”
- Spanish: “Parque nacional Montaña Glasshouses”
- Swedish: “Glass House Mountains National Park”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Mount Cooee and Tibberoowuccum.
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