The Cobourg Peninsula is located 350 km east of Darwin in the Northern Territory, Australia. Mostly a tourist attraction it is constituted mostly of parks and is known for its pristine wilderness. It is home to a large variety of sea life and the worlds largest herd of pure-strain banteng. It is also renowned for its Aboriginal culture. While it is only sparsely inhabited today, it was once the site of an attempt at founding a major trading port, Port Essington, of which the ruins are still accessible today.

Croker Island lies to the north of the peninsula and Van Diemen Gulf to the south.

Geography of the Northern Territory | Peninsulas of Australia