Sea turtle nesting areas

Sea turtle nesting areas

Created 11/11/2025

Updated 11/11/2025

This mapping identifies known beaches and surrounding rocky coastlines that are nesting areas for sea turtles that are listed as 'threatened' wildlife defined under the Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA).Nesting areas in this mapping are categorised as:- very significant - over 40% of the species or genetic stock rely on the nesting area- significant - over 1% of the species or genetic stock rely on the nesting area- present - below 1% of the species or genetic stock rely on the nesting area

Source

This data file or API can be downloaded from:

http://qldspatial.information.qld.gov.au/catalogue/custom/search.page?q=%22Sea%20turtle%20nesting%20areas%22