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Encyclopedia > List of volcanoes in Australia

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See also: List of volcanoes

This is a list of active and extinct volcanoes in Australia. This is a list of lists of active and extinct volcanoes sorted by country. ... This article is about volcanoes in geology. ...


Heard Island

Name Elevation Location Last eruption
meters feet Coordinates
Anzac Peak 715 2346 - -
Big Ben 2745 9006 53°6′0″S, 73°31′0″E 1993
Mount Dixon 715 2346 - -
Mawson Peak 2745 9006 53°6′0″S, 73°31′0″E 2004

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Lord Howe and McDonald Islands

Name Elevation Location Last eruption
meters feet Coordinates
Balls Pyramid 562 1844 31.5° S 159° E -
Mount Gower 875 2870 31.5° S 159.1° E 6.9 million years ago
McDonald Island 230 755 53.03° S 72.60° E 2005

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New South Wales

Name Elevation Location Last eruption
meters feet Coordinates
Abercrombie Volcano - - 34.3° S 149.4° E 14-26 million years ago
Airly Volcano - - 32.9° S 150.1° E 34-42 million years ago
Barrington Volcano - - 31.8° S 151.2° E 44-54 million years ago
Bunda Bunda Volcano - - 31.1° S 152.4° E 71 million years ago
Byrock Volcano - - 30.7° S 146.3° E 16 million years ago
Mount Canobolas 1395 - - 11-13 million years ago
Cargelligo Volcano - - 33.4° S 146.5° E 10-15 million years ago
Central Volcano - - 29.8° S 151.6° E -
Comboyne Volcano - - 31.6° S 152.5° E 11-13 million years ago
Doughboy Volcano - - 30.3° S 152.2° E 38-45 million years ago
Dubbo Volcano - - 32.2° S 149.2° E 12-15 million years ago
Ebor Volcano - - 30.4° S 152.4° E 18-19 million years ago
El Capitan - - 31.2° S 146.2° E 12-15 million years ago
Mount Kaputar or Nandewar 1507 - - 17-18 million years ago
Liverpool Range - - 31.9° S 150.4° E 32-35 million years ago
Monaro Volcano - - 35.7° S 150.3° E 37-55 million years ago
Nerriga Volcano - - 35.2° S 149.8° E 50 million years ago
Snowy Mountains - - 35.5° S 148.3° E 17-22 million years ago
South Coast Volcano - - 35.7° S 150.3° E 26-31 million years ago
Southern Highlands Volcano - - 34.6° S 150.5° E 31-55 million years ago
Sydney Volcano - - 33.0° S 150.6° E 19-57 million years ago
The Breadknife 600 2000 31.3° S 149.0° E 13-17 million years ago
Walcha Volcano - - 31.4° S 151.8° E 44-56 million years ago
Mount Warning or Tweed Volcano 1157 3796 28°23′50″S, 153°16′15″E ~22 million years ago
Warrumbungles - - 31.3° S 149.0° E 13-17 million years ago

This article is about longitude and latitude; see also UTM coordinate system Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (vertically) and longitude (horizontally); large version (pdf) The geographic (earth-mapping) coordinate system expresses every horizontal position on Earth by two of the three coordinates of a spherical coordinate system which... Mount Canobolas, at an altitude of 1,395 metres above sea level, is the highest mountain in the central west region of New South Wales, Australia. ... The view west from the top of Mount Kaputar Mount Kaputar (1508 metres) is a mountain near Narrabri in northern New South Wales. ... The Liverpool Range is a minor mountain range in New South Wales, Australia. ... Worldwind image of Snowy Mountains The Snowy Mountains (known for short as the Snowies) are the highest Australian mountain range and contain the Australian mainlands highest mountain, Mount Kosciuszko, which reaches 2228 metres AHD. They are located in southern New South Wales and are part of the larger Australian... Mount Warning is a mountain in New South Wales, Australia, near the border with Queensland and New South Wales, near Murwillumbah. ... Tweed Volcano was a prehistoric shield volcano in northeastern New South Wales, Australia, that erupted over a hot spot that existed over this part of the continent between 23 million and 20 million years ago. ... The Warrumbungles are a geological rock formation and mountain range located in the northern area of the State of New South Wales, Australia. ...

Queensland

Name Elevation Location Last eruption
meters feet Coordinates
Atherton Volcano - - 17.5° S 144.5° E Less than 100,000 years ago
Bauhinia Volcano - - 24.8° S 149.5° E 23-25 million years ago
Brisbane Volcano - - 27.7° S 152.6° E 16-62 million years ago
Buckland - - - -
Bundaberg Volcano - - - -
Bunya Mountains - - 26.9° S 151.8° E 23 million years ago
Chudleigh Volcano - - 10.5° S 144.2° E 250,000 years ago
Mount Fox - - 18.50° S 145.47° E -
Mount Hay - - - -
Hillsborough Volcano - - 21.0° S 149.0° E 33.2 million years ago
The Hummock - - - -
Kinrara Volcano - - 18.3° S 144.6° E 20,000 years ago
Main Range Volcano - - 27.9° S 152.4° E 23-27 million years ago
Mount McBride 911 - 18.3° S 144.6° E 1.7 million years ago
McLean Volcano - - 15.8° S 144.8° E Less than 1 million years ago
Mingela - - - -
Mitchell Volcano - - 26.0° S 148.2° E 21-24 million years ago
Monto - - - -
Nebo Volcano - - 21.4° S 148.2° E 28-35 million years ago
Nulla Volcano - - 19.7° S 145.3° E 13,000 years ago
Piebald Volcano 417 - 15.1° S 145.1° E Less than 3 million years ago
Rockhampton Volcano - - 23.3° S 150.4° E 67-71 million years ago
Springsure 600 - 24.0° S 148.1° E 24-33 million years ago
Sturgeon Volcano - - 20.3° S 144.2° E 92,000 years ago
Toomba - - 19.5° S 145.0° E -
Undara Crater 1020 3345 18.25° S 144.75° E -
Wallaroo Volcano - - 18.0° S 145.4° E Less than 5 million years ago
Focal Peak - - - -
Mount Barney 1359 4958 28.17° S 152.42° E -
Campbells Folly - - - -
Mount Gilles - - - -
Mount Glennie - - - -
Levers Plateau - - - -
Mount Lindesay - - - -
Glass House Mountains - - - -
Mount Beerburrum 276 - 26.7° S 152.9° E 25-27 million years ago
Mount Beerwah 556 - 26.7° S 152.9° E 25-27 million years ago
Mount Coochin 235 - 26.7° S 152.9° E 25-27 million years ago
Mount Cooee - - 26.7° S 152.9° E 25-27 million years ago
Mount Coonowrin 377 - 26.7° S 152.9° E 25-27 million years ago
Mount Elimbah 129 - 26.7° S 152.9° E 25-27 million years ago
Mount Horogargan - - 26.7° S 152.9° E 25-27 million years ago
Mount Miketeebumulgrai 199 - 26.7° S 152.9° E 25-27 million years ago
Mount Ngungun 253 - 26.7° S 152.9° E 25-27 million years ago
Round Mountain - - 26.7° S 152.9° E 25-27 million years ago
Mount Tibberoowuccum 220 - 26.7° S 152.9° E 25-27 million years ago
Mount Tibrogargan 364 - 26.7° S 152.9° E 25-27 million years ago
Mount Tunbubudla 312 - 26.7° S 152.9° E 25-27 million years ago
Wild Horse Mountain 123 - 26.7° S 152.9° E 25-27 million years ago
Peak Range - - - -
Anvil Peak - - 22.8° S 148.0° E 27-35 million years ago
Browns Peak 807 - 22.8° S 148.0° E 27-35 million years ago
Table Mountain - - 22.8° S 148.0° E 27-35 million years ago
Murray Island 200 656 - 1 million years ago

This article is about longitude and latitude; see also UTM coordinate system Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (vertically) and longitude (horizontally); large version (pdf) The geographic (earth-mapping) coordinate system expresses every horizontal position on Earth by two of the three coordinates of a spherical coordinate system which... Buckland is the name of a person: Buckland, William (1784-1856), English geologist and palaeontologist Buckland, Francis Trevelyan (1826-1880), English zoologist and natural historian Buckland, Kira, voice actress Buckland is the name of more than one place in the United Kingdom: Buckland, Buckinghamshire Buckland, Devon Buckland, Gloucestershire Buckland, Hertfordshire... The Bunya Mountains are a distinctive set of peaks forming an isolated section of the Great Dividing Range in southern Queensland. ... Mount Fox, Queensland, Australia, is a 560,000 year old pyroclastic cone. ... Mount McBride is a mountain located on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. ... Monto was the nickname for a one-time notorious red light district in Dublin, the capital of Ireland. ... Mount Barney is a mountain in Queensland, Australia. ... Mount Lindesay lies approx. ... ... Mount Beerwahs north-east face The unique overhanging rock face of Mount Beerwah Mount Beerwah is the highest of the ten volcanic plugs in the Glass House Mountains National Park, north-northwest of Brisbane, Australia. ... Coonowrin Coonowrin is one of the Glass House Mountains, located in Queensland, Australia about one hours drive north of Brisbane. ... The following places are called Round Mountain: Round Mountain, California Round Mountain, Texas This article consisting of geographical locations is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. ... Mount Tibrogargan is one of the ten extinct volcanic mountains in the Glass House Mountains National Park, north-northwest of Brisbane, Australia. ... Table Mountain is a mountain in the Western Cape, South Africa, overlooking the greater Cape Town area. ... Murray Island (known by Torres Strait Islanders as Mer) is a small island of volcanic origin, populated by the Melanesian Meriam people and situated in the eastern section of Torres Strait, near the Great Barrier Reef. ...

South Australia

Name Elevation Location Last eruption
meters feet Coordinates
Mount Burr - - - -
Mount Gambier 190 600 37.8° S 142.5° E 2900 years ago
Mount Schank 158 518 37.8° S 142.5° E 5000 years ago
Newer Volcanics Province 1011 3317 37.77° S 142.50° E 2900 BC

This article is about longitude and latitude; see also UTM coordinate system Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (vertically) and longitude (horizontally); large version (pdf) The geographic (earth-mapping) coordinate system expresses every horizontal position on Earth by two of the three coordinates of a spherical coordinate system which... ... View inside the cone from the rim Mount Schank is an extinct maar volcano in the south-east of South Australia, near Mount Gambier. ...

Tasman Sea

Name Elevation Location Last eruption
meters feet Coordinates
Bass Strait Basin - - - -
Tasman Seamounts - - - -
Barcoo Seamount - - - -
Britannia Seamount - - - -
Derwent-Hunter Seamount - - - -
Gascoyne Seamount - - - -
Heemskirk Seamount - - - -
Queensland Seamount - - - -
Soela Seamount - - - -
Taupo Seamount - - - -
Zeelian Seamount - - - -

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Victoria

Name Elevation Location Last eruption
meters feet Coordinates
Aberfeldy Volcano - - 37.8° S 146.4° E 27 million years ago
Bogong Volcano - - 37.1° S 147.2° E 25-37 million years ago
Bonang Volcano - - 37.2° S 148.7° E 38-42 million years ago
Lake Bullen Merri - - - -
Lake Colongulac - - - -
Dargo - - - -
Mount Eccles, in Mount Eccles National Park - - - -
Mount Elephant - - - -
Flinders Volcano - - 38.5° S 145.3° E 40-48 million years ago
Mount Franklin 635 - - -
Gelantipy Volcano - - 37.2° S 148.3° E 34-43 million years ago
Lake Gnotuk - - - -
Mount Hamilton - - - -
Mount Hotham 1861 6405 36.59° S 147.08° E -
Howitt Volcano - - 37.2° S 146.7° E 32-36 million years ago
Lake Keilambete - - - -
Mount Kooroocheang 230 - - -
La Trobe Volcano - - 38.5° S 146.3° E 50-59 million years ago
Mount Leura - - - -
Mount Macedon 1014 3346 - 360 million years ago
Mount Napier 440 1440 37.8° S 142.5° E 5290 BC
Neerim Volcano - - 38.0° S 146.0° E 20-25 million years ago
Mount Noorat 310 - - -
Poowong - - - -
Lake Purrumbete - - - -
Mount Sugarloaf - - - -
Toombullup Volcano - - 36.9° S 146.3° E 37-44 million years ago
Tower Hill, in Tower Hill State Game Reserve - - - 25,000 years ago
Uplands Volcano - - 36.8° S 147.6° E 2 million years ago
Mount Warrenheip - - - -
Mount Warrnambool - - - -
Western Plains - - - -

This article is about longitude and latitude; see also UTM coordinate system Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (vertically) and longitude (horizontally); large version (pdf) The geographic (earth-mapping) coordinate system expresses every horizontal position on Earth by two of the three coordinates of a spherical coordinate system which... Mount Eccles is in Victoria, Australia. ... Mount Eccles National Park is a national park in Victoria (Australia), 270 km west of Melbourne. ... Mount Hamilton is a mountain in Californias Diablo Range. ... Mt Hotham in the summer Mt. ... Mount Macedon is a small town located 60 kilometres northwest of Melbourne in the Australian state of Victoria. ... Mount Napier, Victoria, Australia, is one of the youngest volcanoes in Australia, and is a composite lava shield with a superimposed scoria cone. ... Please wikify (format) this article or section as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... Lake Purrumbete is a volcanic lake located in the Western District of Victoria (Australia). ... Mount Sugarloaf is a mountain overlooking the city of Newcastle, in New South Wales, Australia. ... Tower Hill is an extinct volcano on the southwest coast of Victoria, Australia. ... The Tower Hill State Game Reserve is located in Victoria (Australia), 275 km west of Melbourne, and 15 km north-west of Warrnambool. ...

Western Australia

There are no active or dormant volcanoes in Western Australia, although there are a number of extinct ones, and geological evidence of others. There are nineteen small extinct volcanoes in the valley of the Fitzroy River in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. The Kimberley also has a number of groups of hot springs, which may be connected with the volcanic activity that produced the extinct volcanoes. There are also deposits of basalt at Bunbury and Cape Gosselin. For other uses, see Volcano (disambiguation). ... Capital Perth Government Constitutional monarchy Governor Ken Michael Premier Alan Carpenter (ALP) Federal representation  - House seats 15  - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2004-05)  - Product ($m)  $100,900 (4th)  - Product per capita  $50,355/person (3rd) Population (December 2006)  - Population  2,050,900 (4th)  - Density  0. ... There are two rivers named the Fitzroy River, both in Australia: Fitzroy River, Queensland Fitzroy River, Western Australia This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... The Kimberley is one of the nine regions of Western Australia, consisting of the local government areas of Broome, Derby-West Kimberley, Halls Creek and Wyndham-East Kimberley. ... Green Dragon Spring at Norris Geyser A hot spring is a place where warm or hot groundwater issues from the ground on a regular basis for at least a predictable part of the year, and is significantly above the ambient ground temperature (which is usually around 55~57 F or... Basalt Basalt (IPA: ) is a common gray to black volcanic rock. ... This article is about the city of Bunbury. ...


This is a list of active and extinct volcanoes: This article is about volcanoes in geology. ...

Name Elevation Location Last eruption
meters feet Coordinates
Argyle Diamond Pipe - - 16.6° S128.3 E° type:mountain -

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Other

Name Elevation Location Last eruption
meters feet Coordinates
Macquarie Island 433 1421 54.50° S 158.95° E -
Norfolk Island 315 1033 29° S 168° E 2.4 million years ago

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References

  • Siebert, L. and T. Simkin (2002-). Volcanoes of the World: an Illustrated Catalog of Holocene Volcanoes and their Eruptions. Smithsonian Institution, Global Volcanism Program Digital Information Series, GVP-3. URL: http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/


 

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