Which Australian peninsula forms the northernmost part of Queensland and ends at Cape York?

Cape York Peninsula forms the northernmost part of Queensland, Australia, and ends at Cape York.

The peninsula extends northward from northeastern Australia between the Gulf of Carpentaria and the Coral Sea. Cape York, its northern tip, is separated from Papua New Guinea by the Torres Strait.

Much of the region consists of tropical savanna, wetlands and rainforests. It is sparsely populated, with Indigenous Australian communities and cattle stations spread across a large, remote landscape.

Cape York Peninsula is sometimes confused with Cape York itself. Cape York is the geographic extremity; Cape York Peninsula is the much larger landform containing it. The Torres Strait Islands lie offshore to the north.