Mount Kooroocheang

Mount Kooroocheang, also known as Smeaton Hill,[1] is a dormant volcano, situated near the town of Smeaton, Victoria, Australia. It is about 140 km northwest of Melbourne.[2] It is a large composite scoria cone.[3] Mount Kooroocheang is one of the largest eruption points on the Victorian Central Plateau,[4] and is about 230 metres in height above the surrounding plains[5] and 676 metres above sea level.[1] There is a communications tower on the summit.

Mount Kooroocheang

Mount Kooroocheang was featured in a painting by Eugene von Guerard in 1864, "A view from Mount Franklin towards Mount Kooroocheang and the Pyrenees", which is in the Queensland Art Gallery.[6]

References

  1. "Smeaton | Victorian Places". www.victorianplaces.com.au. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  2. "Mt Kooroocheang". www.victorianvolcanoes.com. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  3. "Mount Kooroocheang". M. H. Monroe, Australia: The Land Where Time Began. 27 March 2011. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  4. Victorian Resources Online, Agriculture Victoria. "Mount Kooroocheang". vro.agriculture.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  5. "New volcano could raise its head here". The Courier. 28 September 2009. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  6. "A view from Mt Franklin towards Mount Kooroocheang and the Pyrenees - Eugène von Guérard". QAGOMA Learning. Retrieved 24 June 2019.

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