Kowanyama Aboriginal Shire Council

Kowanyama, a remote community, is on the western side of Cape York Peninsula, immediately south of Pormpuraaw Shire. It is due west of Cooktown and 30 km in from the coast of the Gulf of Carpentaria.

North of the community there is the Mitchell River Delta, and Kowanyama is an Aboriginal word describing the 'many waters' of the delta.