Quoin Island is a national park in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Queensland, Australia, 1,947 km northwest of Brisbane. It is a terrestrial oasis in a desert of water situated about 30 km North East of Iron Range National Park and Lockhart River in the Cape Weymouth area.
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