The Mount Carbine Tableland is a

plateau In geology and physical geography, a plateau (; ; ), also called a high plain or a tableland, is an area of a highland consisting of flat terrain that is raised sharply above the surrounding area on at least one side. Often one or more sides ...

Far North Queensland Far North Queensland (FNQ) is the northernmost part of the Australian state of Queensland. Its largest city is Cairns and it is dominated geographically by Cape York Peninsula, which stretches north to the Torres Strait, and west to the Gulf ...

, Australia. Part of the Great Dividing Range, it lies in the

Shire of Mareeba The Shire of Mareeba is a local government area at the base of Cape York Peninsula in Far North Queensland, inland from Cairns. The shire, administered from the town of Mareeba, covered an area of , and existed as a local government entity fr ...

15 km west of Mossman, and 1,460 km north-west of

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, reaching an altitude of 1,383 m

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. It is largely covered with

tropical rainforest Tropical rainforests are rainforests that occur in areas of tropical rainforest climate in which there is no dry season – all months have an average precipitation of at least 60 mm – and may also be referred to as ''lowland equatori ...

and receives an annual rainfall total of 2,000 mm. The tablelands are part of the

Wet Tropics of Queensland The Wet Tropics of Queensland World Heritage Site consists of approximately 8,940 km2 of Australian wet tropical forests growing along the north-east Queensland portion of the Great Dividing Range. The Wet Tropics of Queensland meets all ...

World Heritage area. Mountains associated with the tableland include

Mount Spurgeon Mount is often used as part of the name of specific mountains, e.g. Mount Everest. Mount or Mounts may also refer to: Places * Mount, Cornwall, a village in Warleggan parish, England * Mount, Perranzabuloe, a hamlet in Perranzabuloe parish, C ...

(1,317 m), Roots Mount (1,313 m),

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(1,258 m) and

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(1,311 m). The plateau's highest point is unnamed, and is the fourth tallest mountain in

Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , established_ ...

Fauna

The Waterfall frog was feared to be extinct until it was rediscovered at a creek on the Mount Carbine Tableland in July 2008. The

Northern barred frog The northern barred frog (''Mixophyes schevilli'') is a large, ground dwelling frog native to tropical northern Queensland, Australia. Description The Northern barred frog is a large frog, reaching a maximum length of 10 centimetres. It has powe ...

is a recently described species which is only found on the Mount Carbine and Mount Windsor tablelands. The rich basaltic soils in the area supports forests which provide habitat for the

Lumholtz's tree-kangaroo Lumholtz's tree-kangaroo (''Dendrolagus lumholtzi'') is a rare, long-tailed bear-like mammal found in rainforests in northeastern Australia. Like most tree-kangaroos (genus ''Dendrolagus''), it lives alone in trees and feeds on plant matter. It ...

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* Mountains of Queensland Landforms of Far North Queensland Plateaus of Australia Shire of Mareeba {{FarNorthQueensland-geo-stub

Fauna

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