Thornton Beach
- Local Government Area
- Douglas
- Postcode
- 4873
- Population
- 8
- Area
- 10.91 km²
- Coordinates
- -16.1571, 145.4314
- Data
- Based on Australian Bureau of Statistics ASGS boundaries, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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About Thornton Beach
Thornton Beach is a coastal town and locality in far north Queensland, on the Great Barrier Reef Drive between Diwan and Cape Tribulation. It sits where the Daintree Rainforest meets the Coral Sea, two World Heritage-listed environments, and the locality extends into Daintree National Park. The beach is culturally significant to the Kuku Yalanji people.
Nearby localities
- Diwan 4 km
- Cow Bay 7 km
- Noah 9 km
- Cape Tribulation 12 km
- Kimberley (Qld) 12 km
- Forest Creek 12 km