Great Sandy Region

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The Great Sandy Region is a coastal area in Queensland, Australia, renowned for its vast sand dunes, unique ecosystems, and inclusion of World Heritage–listed Fraser Island.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf coastal region
protected area
administrativeRegion Fraser Coast Regional Council
Gympie Regional Council
contains Cooloola section
Fraser Island
Fraser Island
surface form: Fraser Island section

Great Sandy National Park
Great Sandy Strait
Hervey Bay
Inskip Peninsula
Maryborough hinterland
Rainbow Beach
Tin Can Bay
Sunshine Coast
surface form: Wide Bay

Fraser Island
surface form: World Heritage–listed Fraser Island
country Australia
designation Great Sandy Region self-linksurface differs
surface form: Great Sandy Region Management Area
ecosystemType coastal ecosystem
dune ecosystem
rainforest ecosystem
hasLegalStatus protected under Queensland nature conservation legislation
hasPart beaches
coastal dunes
estuarine systems
lakes
mangroves
perched lakes
rainforests
sand dunes
sandblows
wallum heathlands
wetlands
knownFor World Heritage values
large sand island landscapes
unique ecosystems
vast sand dunes
locatedIn eastern Australia
locatedOnCoastOf Pacific Ocean
managementPlanBy Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service
partOf Fraser Coast Region
surface form: Fraser Coast region

Wide Bay–Burnett region
state Queensland
supportsSpecies dingoes
diverse birdlife
humpback whales
marine turtles
possums
shorebirds
wallabies

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Fraser Island locatedIn Great Sandy Region
Indian Head locatedIn Great Sandy Region
Great Sandy Region designation Great Sandy Region self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Great Sandy Region Management Area
Lake Wabby partOf Great Sandy Region
Butchulla people traditionalTerritory Great Sandy Region
Rainbow Beach partOf Great Sandy Region
Noosa North Shore partOf Great Sandy Region
Fraser Island coastline partOf Great Sandy Region
Inskip Peninsula partOf Great Sandy Region
Gympie Regional Council hasCoastlineOn Great Sandy Region
this entity surface form: Great Sandy Region (partly)