| Type: | suburb |
| Cape Gloucester | |
| State: | qld |
| Coordinates: | -20.1622°N 148.5286°W |
| Pop: | 85 |
| Postcode: | 4800 |
| Area: | 228.2 |
| Timezone: | AEST |
| Utc: | +10:00 |
| Dist1: | 40.2 |
| Dir1: | N |
| Location1: | Proserpine |
| Dist2: | 165 |
| Dir2: | NNW |
| Location2: | Mackay |
| Dist3: | 270 |
| Dir3: | SE |
| Location3: | Townsville |
| Dist4: | 1141 |
| Dir4: | NNW |
| Location4: | Brisbane |
| Lga: | Whitsunday Region |
| Stategov: | Whitsunday |
| Fedgov: | Dawson |
| Near-N: | Hideaway Bay Dingo Beach |
| Near-Ne: | Coral Sea |
| Near-E: | Coral Sea |
| Near-Se: | Woodwark |
| Near-S: | Gregory River |
| Near-Sw: | Gregory River |
| Near-W: | Gregory River |
| Near-Nw: | Coral Sea |
Cape Gloucester is a coastal rural locality in the Whitsunday Region, Queensland, Australia.[1] In the, Cape Gloucester had a population of 85 people.
Two parts of the Dryander National Park are in the east and south of the locality. Apart from these protected areas, the predominant land use is grazing on native vegetation. There are houses dotted along the coastline and along Hydeaway Bay Road (mostly on rural residential blocks).
The locality has the following coastal features, clockwise:[2]
The locality has the following mountains:
The locality is named after the cape, which was in turn named after William Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh, on 4 June 1770 by Lieutenant James Cook of HMS Endeavour.[10]
In the, Cape Gloucester had a population of 62 people.
In the, Cape Gloucester had a population of 85 people.
There are no schools in Cape Gloucester. The nearest government primary school is Proserpine State School in Proserpine to the south. The nearest government secondary school is Proserpine State High School, also in Proserpine.