Mount Blackwood
Encyclopedia
Mount Blackwood is a mountain
located within the boundaries of the Mackay
Regional Council in Central Queensland
, Australia
and has an elevation of 639m. It is covered in dense tropical rainforest and is home to the Mount Blackwood Holly
(Graptophyllum ilicifolium
), a species of shrub endemic to the area.
Mount Blackwood is used for commercial television
transmission, such as ABC Queensland, and other communications in the Mackay
district. It is also used for transmission of VHF Automatic En Route Information Service (AERIS) broadcasts for civil aviation.
Mountain
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located within the boundaries of the Mackay
Mackay, Queensland
Mackay is a city on the eastern coast of Queensland, Australia, about north of Brisbane, on the Pioneer River. Mackay is nicknamed the sugar capital of Australia because its region produces more than a third of Australia's cane sugar....
Regional Council in Central Queensland
Central Queensland
Central Queensland is an ambiguous geographical division of Queensland that centres on the eastern coast, around the Tropic of Capricorn. Its major regional centre is Rockhampton and the Capricorn Coast and the area extends west to the Central Highlands at Emerald, north to the Mackay Regional...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
and has an elevation of 639m. It is covered in dense tropical rainforest and is home to the Mount Blackwood Holly
Graptophyllum ilicifolium
Graptophyllum ilicifolium, otherwise known as the Mount Blackwood Holly, is a large rainforest shrub which grows in granitic soils. It has shiny, dark green leaves which resemble those of the unrelated holly, and grows best in moist, semi-shaded, well-drained, well-mulched soils...
(Graptophyllum ilicifolium
Graptophyllum ilicifolium
Graptophyllum ilicifolium, otherwise known as the Mount Blackwood Holly, is a large rainforest shrub which grows in granitic soils. It has shiny, dark green leaves which resemble those of the unrelated holly, and grows best in moist, semi-shaded, well-drained, well-mulched soils...
), a species of shrub endemic to the area.
Mount Blackwood is used for commercial television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
transmission, such as ABC Queensland, and other communications in the Mackay
Mackay, Queensland
Mackay is a city on the eastern coast of Queensland, Australia, about north of Brisbane, on the Pioneer River. Mackay is nicknamed the sugar capital of Australia because its region produces more than a third of Australia's cane sugar....
district. It is also used for transmission of VHF Automatic En Route Information Service (AERIS) broadcasts for civil aviation.