Mount
Bellenden Ker is the second highest mountain in Queensland, Australia, with a height of 1,593 metres. It is named after the
botanist John
Bellenden Ker Gawler. Located 60 km south of Cairns near Babinda, it is adjacent to Mount
Bartle Frere, the state's highest peak, part of the Bellenden Ker Range which is also known as the Wooroonooran Range. The two
mountains dominate the Josephine Falls section of the Wooroonooran National
Park. Source