Which Australian peninsula has Cape York at its northern tip?

Which Australian peninsula has Cape York at its northern tip? Cape York Peninsula is the Australian peninsula whose northern extremity is Cape York.

It occupies Far North Queensland between the Coral Sea, the Gulf of Carpentaria and Torres Strait. The peninsula is mostly a low, ancient landscape of eucalyptus savanna, tropical rainforest, wetlands and broad river systems. Its northern tip is also the northernmost point of mainland Australia.

Cape York was named by Lieutenant James Cook on 21 August 1770, in honour of Prince Edward, Duke of York and Albany. The region has been home to Aboriginal Australian peoples for tens of thousands of years; Willem Janszoon’s 1606 landing there was the first recorded European landing in Australia.

A common mix-up is treating Cape York as the peninsula’s name. Cape York is the cape at the tip, while the much larger landform is Cape York Peninsula. Thursday Island lies offshore in Torres Strait, and Weipa is one of the peninsula’s major settlements.