Green Island National Park

For the coral cay, see Green Island (Queensland).

Green Island National Park
Green Island National Park
LocationQueensland
Nearest cityCairns
Coordinates16°45′35″S 145°58′28″E / 16.75972°S 145.97444°E / -16.75972; 145.97444
Area12 ha (30 acres)
Established1937
Governing bodyQueensland Parks and Wildlife Service
WebsiteOfficial website

Green Island National Park is a protected area declared over a small (12 ha) coral cay of Green Island, Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia. It is known to the local Gungganyji Aboriginal peoples as Dabuukji. The Gungganyji people used the island as an initiation ground.

It is 27 km offshore from Cairns (1394 km northwest of Brisbane), Queensland, can be accessed by a choice of boats leaving daily from Cairns, and is reputed to be the most visited (popular) island National Park within the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area.

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