World Heritage Area maps

The variety of maps below are available for download and use with appropriate acknowledgement to the Wet Tropics Management Authority. They provide a range of information about the Wet Tropics of Queensland World Heritage Area.

Location of WTQWHA in Australia (jpg - 45KB)

Location of WTQWHA in Queensland (jpg - 30KB)

WTQWHA - Our rainforest (pdf-2MB)

WTQWHA - General (pdf - 5MB)

WTQWHA within Local Government Areas 2014 [2MB]

Local Government Areas within the WTQWHA 2014 [1MB]

WTQWHA tenure - 2007 and 2011 maps (pdf - 1.3MB)

WTQWHA tenures - December 2013 map [pdf - 3.2MB]

Cassowary habitat map 2013 (pdf - 4MB)

WTQWHA boundary and conservation estate 2013 (pdf - 880KB)

Conservation Parks and Nature Refuges 2015 (pdf - 875KB)

Visiting the Wet Tropics with GOOGLE EARTH

What is a kmz file for?

The kmz files above will allow you to view the boundary and zoning of the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area when you are browsing in Google Earth or another similar Earth browser.

A kmz file stands for kml-zipped. It is the default format for kml because it is a compressed version of the file used to display geographic data in an Earth browser such as Google Earth, Google Maps, and Google Maps for mobile.

How to use a kmz/kml file in Google Earth

Download (save) the kmz file above, unzip the file, and then load the kml file into Google Earth (Click File > Open). In Google Earth, it will appear in the “Temporary Places” folder.

More information is available in the Google Earth User Guide.

Other map resources of the area include:
e-Atlas
Queensland Globe
Wetlandinfo
Regional ecosystems