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Fraser Island, also known by its Aboriginal name of K’gari, lies along the eastern coast of Australia. The property covers 181,851 hectares and includes all of Fraser Island and several small islands off the island's west coast. It is the world’s largest sand island, offering an outstanding example of ongoing biological, hydrological and geomorphological processes. The development of rainforest vegetation on coastal dune systems at the scale found on Fraser Island is unique, and the island boasts the world’s largest unconfined aquifer on a sand island and half of the world’s perched freshwater dune lakes.

Fraser Island has exceptional natural beauty with over 250 kilometres of clear sandy beaches with long, uninterrupted sweeps of ocean beach, strikingly coloured sand cliffs, and spectacular blowouts.

Fraser Island was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1992.

More information:

• World Heritage List

• Previous Research activities at the Riversleigh section of Australian Fossil Mammal Sites
• Next Fraser Island World Heritage integrity