Bellenden Ker Range

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Josephine Falls

The Bellenden Ker Range ( German: Bellenden -Ker - Bergland ), also known as Wooroonooran Range, is a coast near Bergland in northern Queensland in Australia.

It is part of the Great Dividing Range and extends about 65 km between Gordonvale and Nerada in the south of Cairns.

Description

The mountain country consists of a granite massif and is part of the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area. Rich and biodiverse forests of a protected listed as a UNESCO world heritage rainforest prevail containing valuable endemic flora and fauna, with the most high-quality protected species in Wooroonooran National Park are located.

The two highest mountains in Queensland, Mount Bartle Frere ( 1,622 m) and Mount Bellenden Ker ( 1,593 m), lie in this mountain country, as well as the Walsh 's Pyramid ( 922 m ), a large shaped by the nature of pyramid-shaped mountain in the north of highlands.

History

The mountains were sighted by Lieutenant James Cook, but they were not given the name " Bellenden Ker Range " award, but this was Lieutenant Phillip Parker King, when he saw them on board the HMCC Mermaid on June 22, 1819. Phillip King named the mountains after the British botanist John Bellenden Ker Gawler, as he followed a proposal by the botanist Allan Cunningham on the ship. , Also Archibald Meston was an early discoverer of these mountains.

Tourism, rivers and rainfall

The Mulgrave River flows along the south-west to the mountains, then turns north to the mountain end, turns south and flows parallel to the east side of the mountains along. The Russell River drains the southeastern areas.

It is one of the rainiest areas in Australia. The weather station located on Mount Bellenden Ker in 2010 measured annual rainfall of 12,438 m, which was the highest rainfall per year ever recorded in Queensland.

A number of waterfalls are located in the mountains. In addition to the national parks, Josephine Falls and the trails to Mount Bartle Frere are popular tourist destinations.