Cape York Peninsula is the northern tip of Queensland, Australia. It stretches about 500 miles (800 kilometers) north from Cairns and covers about 90,000 square miles (230,000 square kilometers). A projection of the Eastern Highlands extends along the eastern coast. A low, flat plain extends to the Gulf of Carpentaria on the western side. Farmers in the southern area raise sheep and beef cattle. One of the world’s largest deposits of bauxite is at Weipa on the western side of the peninsula.
