Atherton Tablelands

The Atherton Tableland is a fertile plateau, which is part of the in , Australia. It has very deep, rich basaltic soils and the main industry is agriculture.
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  • Type: Upland with an elevation of 486 metres
  • Description: fertile plateau which is part of the Great Dividing Range in Queensland, Australia
  • Also known as: Atherton Plateau” and “Atherton Tableland

Atherton Tablelands

Latitude
-17° or 17° south
Longitude
145° east
Elevation
486 metres (1,594 feet)
Open location code
5RM72222+22
Geo­Names ID
2177537
Wiki­data ID
Q755509
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Venetian—“Atherton Tablelands” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Atherton Plato
  • Armenian: Ատերտոն
  • Bulgarian: Атертън (плато)
  • Bulgarian: Атертън
  • Catalan: Altiplà Atherton
  • Catalan: Atherton Tableland
  • Cebuano: Atherton Plateau
  • Chinese: 阿瑟頓臺地
  • Chinese: 阿瑟顿臺地
  • Czech: Atherton Tableland
  • Dutch: Atherton Tableland
  • Egyptian Arabic: اثرتون تابلاند
  • Esperanto: Atherton Tableland
  • Finnish: Atherton Tableland
  • French: plateau d’Atherton
  • French: Plateau d’Atherton
  • Georgian: ათერტონის პლატო
  • German: Atherton Tableland
  • German: Atherton Tablelands
  • Indonesian: Dataran Tinggi Atherton
  • Italian: Altopiano Atherton
  • Italian: altopiano di Atherton
  • Japanese: アサートンテーブルランド
  • Japanese: アサートン高原
  • Ladin: Atherton Tableland
  • Russian: Атертон (плато)
  • Russian: Атертон
  • Spanish: Meseta Atherton
  • Swedish: Atherton Plateau
  • Ukrainian: Атертон
  • Venetian: Altipian de Atherton

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