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Is Weipa in Queensland

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Anonymous

11y ago
Updated: 8/20/2019

Yes. Weipa is in far North Queensland, on Cape York Peninsula. It is the largest town on the Western coast of the Cape, and overlooks the Gulf of Carpentaria.

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