# Cape Conway, Queensland

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Cape Conway is a coastal locality in the Whitsunday Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Cape Conway had "no people or a very low population".

## Geography

The entire locality is within Conway National Park. The land is mountainous and undeveloped bushland. Conway Range runs along the eastern part of the locality with a number of named peaks, the highest of which is High Mountain at 555 metres (1,821 ft) above sea level. High Mountain was originally noted as High Peak on a chart by Lieutenant Francis Price Blackwood (Royal Navy) in HMS Fly in 1843.

### Coastal features

The locality has the following headlands, clockwise around the coast:
* Strip Point (20°19′16″S 148°48′53″E﻿ / ﻿20.321112°S 148.814728°E﻿ / -20.321112; 148.814728﻿ (Stripe Point))
* Trammel Bay (20°20′19″S 148°49′10″E﻿ / ﻿20.3387°S 148.8195°E﻿ / -20.3387; 148.8195﻿ (Trammel Bay))
* Dugong Bay (20°20′33″S 148°49′11″E﻿ / ﻿20.3426°S 148.8196°E﻿ / -20.3426; 148.8196﻿ (Dugong Bay))
* Spit Point (20°21′13″S 148°50′27″E﻿ / ﻿20.3537°S 148.8407°E﻿ / -20.3537; 148.8407﻿ (Spit Point))
* Andersons Bay (20°22′05″S 148°49′59″E﻿ / ﻿20.3680°S 148.8331°E﻿ / -20.3680; 148.8331﻿ (Andersons Bay))
* Long Island Sound (20°22′50″S 148°50′39″E﻿ / ﻿20.3806°S 148.8441°E﻿ / -20.3806; 148.8441﻿ (Long Island Sound))
* Woodcutter Bay (20°23′06″S 148°49′47″E﻿ / ﻿20.3850°S 148.8296°E﻿ / -20.3850; 148.8296﻿ (Woodcutter Bay))
* Puritan Bay (20°27′54″S 148°52′49″E﻿ / ﻿20.4651°S 148.8803°E﻿ / -20.4651; 148.8803﻿ (Puritan Bay))
* Round Head (20°28′41″S 148°54′37″E﻿ / ﻿20.4780°S 148.9104°E﻿ / -20.4780; 148.9104﻿ (Round Head))
* Genesta Bay (20°29′16″S 148°53′52″E﻿ / ﻿20.4877°S 148.8977°E﻿ / -20.4877; 148.8977﻿ (Genesta Bay))
* Cape Conway, the most south-eastern point of the locality (20°32′03″S 148°55′50″E﻿ / ﻿20.5343°S 148.9306°E﻿ / -20.5343; 148.9306﻿ (Cape Conway))
* Rocky Point (20°28′45″S 148°45′50″E﻿ / ﻿20.4792°S 148.7640°E﻿ / -20.4792; 148.7640﻿ (Rocky Point))
* Repulse Beach (20°28′38″S 148°45′49″E﻿ / ﻿20.4773°S 148.7635°E﻿ / -20.4773; 148.7635﻿ (Repulse Beach))
* Repulse Bay (20°33′00″S 148°45′47″E﻿ / ﻿20.550°S 148.763°E﻿ / -20.550; 148.763﻿ (Repulse Bay))

### Mountains

The locality has the following mountains, from north to south:
* The Hump (20°17′34″S 148°45′18″E﻿ / ﻿20.2928°S 148.7551°E﻿ / -20.2928; 148.7551﻿ (The Hump)) 329 metres (1,079 ft)
* Mount Hayward (20°18′35″S 148°45′28″E﻿ / ﻿20.3096°S 148.7577°E﻿ / -20.3096; 148.7577﻿ (Mount Hayward)) 441 metres (1,447 ft)
* Mount Maclear (20°19′04″S 148°46′54″E﻿ / ﻿20.3177°S 148.7817°E﻿ / -20.3177; 148.7817﻿ (Mount Maclear)) 385 metres (1,263 ft)
* Mount Conway (20°19′13″S 148°46′31″E﻿ / ﻿20.3204°S 148.7753°E﻿ / -20.3204; 148.7753﻿ (Mount Conway)) 430 metres (1,410 ft)
* Mount Sunter (20°19′53″S 148°48′10″E﻿ / ﻿20.3313°S 148.8027°E﻿ / -20.3313; 148.8027﻿ (Mount Sunter)) 354 metres (1,161 ft)
* Mount Kangaroo (20°20′57″S 148°49′48″E﻿ / ﻿20.3491°S 148.8301°E﻿ / -20.3491; 148.8301﻿ (Mount Kangaroo)) 271 metres (889 ft)
* High Mountain (20°21′31″S 148°47′37″E﻿ / ﻿20.3586°S 148.7936°E﻿ / -20.3586; 148.7936﻿ (High Mountain)) 555 metres (1,821 ft)
* Mount Proserpine (20°26′29″S 148°43′05″E﻿ / ﻿20.4414°S 148.7181°E﻿ / -20.4414; 148.7181﻿ (Mount Proserpine)) 444 metres (1,457 ft)
* Little Conway (20°27′32″S 148°44′12″E﻿ / ﻿20.4590°S 148.7366°E﻿ / -20.4590; 148.7366﻿ (Little Conway)) 344 metres (1,129 ft)

## History

The locality name derives from the geographic feature Cape Conway which was named on 3 June 1770 by Lieutenant James Cook on the HM Bark Endeavour after Henry Seymour Conway, the Secretary of State for the Southern Department from 1765 to 1766 and Secretary of State for the Northern Department from 1766 to 1768.

## Demographics

In the 2016 census, Cape Conway had "no people or a very low population".
In the 2021 census, Cape Conway had "no people or a very low population".

## Attractions

There are two lookouts in the locality:
* Mt Haywood Lookout (20°18′34″S 148°45′27″E﻿ / ﻿20.3094°S 148.7576°E﻿ / -20.3094; 148.7576﻿ (Mt Haywood Lookout))
* Honeyeater Lookout (20°17′33″S 148°41′51″E﻿ / ﻿20.2925°S 148.6974°E﻿ / -20.2925; 148.6974﻿ (Honeyeater Lookout))