Bellenden Ker Range

{{Short description|Mountain range in Queensland, Australia}}

{{About|the mountain range|the town|Bellenden Ker, Queensland|the mountain |Mount Bellenden Ker}}

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| other_name = Wooroonooran

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| country = Australia

| state = Queensland

| region = Far North Queensland

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| range = Great Dividing Range

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| highest = Mount Bartle Frere

| elevation_m = 1622

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The Bellenden Ker Range, also known as the Wooroonooran Range is a coastal mountain range in Far North Queensland, Australia.{{cite QPN|2184|Bellenden Ker Range||accessdate=21 June 2017}} Part of the Great Dividing Range it is located between Gordonvale and Babinda.

The whole of the range falls within the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area{{cite web|url=http://www.wettropics.gov.au/map/map_default.html|title=Wet Tropics Management Authority World Heritage Area maps|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090912211037/http://www.wettropics.gov.au/map/map_default.html |archivedate=12 September 2009|accessdate= 11 May 2018}} and is covered in richly diverse world heritage listed wet tropical forests, including species of flora and fauna endemic to the range. The range also forms part of the Wooroonooran Important Bird Area, identified as such by BirdLife International because it supports populations of a range of bird species endemic to Queensland's Wet Tropics.{{cite web|publisher=BirdLife International|date=2011|title=Important Bird Areas factsheet: Wooroonooran|url=http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/wooroonooran-iba-australia|accessdate=11 May 2018|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180511004220/http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/wooroonooran-iba-australia|archivedate=11 May 2018}} Most of the range is also a gazetted protected area named Wooroonooran National Park.

Queensland's two highest mountains, Mount Bartle Frere (1622 m) and Mount Bellenden Ker (1593 m) form part of this range, and Walshs Pyramid (922 m) (one of the highest free-standing natural pyramids in the world) is located at the range's northern end {{Citation needed|date=August 2009}}.