Mount Bartle Frere

Mount Bartle Frere
Choorechillum
View from the southeast
Highest point
Elevation	1,622 m (5,322 ft)
Prominence	1,316 m (4,318 ft)
Isolation	882.43 km (548.32 mi)
Coordinates	17°23′S 145°49′E / 17.383°S 145.817°E / -17.383; 145.817
Geography
Mount Bartle Frere Location in Queensland
Location	Queensland, Australia
Parent range	Bellenden Ker Range
Climbing
First ascent	Christie Palmerston, 26 October 1886
Easiest route	Western side

Mount Bartle Frere (pronunciation [ˈmæɔnt̥ ˈbɐːɾəɫ ˈfɹɪə]; Ngajanji: Choorechillum)^[1] is the highest mountain in Queensland at an elevation of 1,611 metres (5,285 ft). The mountain was named after Sir Henry Bartle Frere, a British colonial administrator and then president of the Royal Geographical Society by George Elphinstone Dalrymple in 1873. Bartle Frere was British Governor of Cape Colony at the outset of the Anglo-Zulu War.

It is located 51 kilometres (32 mi)^[2] south of Cairns in the Wooroonooran National Park southwest of the town of Babinda on the eastern edge of the Atherton Tablelands. Mount Bartle Frere is part of the Bellenden Ker Range and the watershed of Russell River.

The foothill to summit is entirely covered by rainforest, ranging from typical tropical rainforest in the lowlands to low cloud forest at the cooler summit, where temperatures are up to 10 °C (18 °F) lower than on the coast. Despite the treacherous climb, reaching the top offers an expansive view of the surrounding area.