Leichhardt Range

{{Short description|Mountain range in Australia}}

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{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}

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| etymology = Ludwig Leichhardt

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| state = Queensland

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| geology = Granite

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The Leichhardt Range, part of the Great Dividing Range, is a mountain range located in North Queensland, Australia.

The range runs parallel with the coast{{cite web|url=http://researchonline.jcu.edu.au/1136/2/02chapter1.pdf|title=The Land and its people before European intrusion|year=1970|author=Loos, N. A. |accessdate=19 October 2014}} about {{convert|170|km|mi|0}} west of Mackay{{cite web|url=http://www.germanaustralia.com/e/lchtname.htm|title=Names - Ludwig Leichhardt|accessdate=19 October 2014|publisher=German Australia}} and has an average elevation of {{convert|355|m|ft|0}}.{{cite web|url=http://www.searchaustralia.org/2160378-leichhardt-range.html|title=Leichhardt Range|accessdate=19 October 2014|publisher=Australian Geographic Locations}} It is composed of a series of rugged hills with folded granite and granodiorite. The age of the rocks vary from Ordovician (490 to 434 million years) to Late Carboniferous (325 to 298 million years). These are interspersed with areas of volcanic rhyolite of the Cambrian Period (545 to 490 million years) at the southern edge.{{cite web|url=http://www.rgsq.org.au/20-147c|title=20°S 147°E Burdekin – Queensland by Degrees|year=2009|accessdate=19 October 2014|publisher=Royal Geographic Society of Queensland}}

The range is named after the explorer Ludwig Leichhardt.