- Mount Napier - Wikipedia
Mount Napier, or Tapoc in the local Aboriginal language, has a composite lava shield with a superimposed scoria cone The cone rises 150 metres (490 ft) above the surrounding plains to an elevation of 440 metres (1,440 ft), making it the highest point on the Western District Plains of Victoria Mount Napier is part of the Newer Volcanics Province, which is the youngest volcanic region in Australia
- Mt Napier - Victorian Volcanoes
The date of Mt Napier used to be set at 7300 years ago based on radio carbon dating of local swamp formation, making it possibly Victoria's youngest volcano However, more recent isotopic dating of the surface rocks of the Harman valley flow gave an age of that flow of 32,000 years There may have been multiple eruptions at different dates
- Byaduk Caves - Grampians Lava Tunnels, Location Map, Hamilton Victoria
Mount Napier is the youngest volcano in the state of Victoria and last erupted 10,000 years ago, creating the magnificent state park around its base, and an intricate connection of tubes (referred to today as caves) below the surface The largest of the Byaduk Caves measures 18 metres wide, 20 metres deep and 10 metres high
- Mount Napier State Park - Visit Victoria
Official site for Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Subscribe Languages English 한국어 日本語 中文简体 Mount Napier State Park Murroa Lane, Byaduk North, Victoria, 3300 Facilities: Picnic area; Map pins are available via the tab key in a list after the map
- Mount Napier State Park - Visit Grampians
They are part of a lava flow stretching out 24 kilometre from Mount Napier to Mount Eccles and contain wrinkles, stalactites and stalagmites, columns and ropy lava Before you go Conditions can change in parks for many reasons For the latest information on changes to local conditions, please visit the relevant park page on the Parks Victoria
- Volcanic Cave Areas in Victoria - ASF Lib
Volcanic Cave Areas in Victoria Mount Napier Mount Napier is one of the younger volcanoes in the area, probably erupting about 8,000 years ago A few small caves occur in the scoria of the summit crater, and several small lava tubes and an arch are known on the slopes of the mountain It is a small but complex network of small passages
- Mount Napier | VRO | Agriculture Victoria
The Mount Napier volcanic complex includes a broad, low lava plateau, a number of well-defined eruption points and narrow, elongated lava flows extending along small valleys The major eruption points are in the west of the area which is dominated by the cone of Mount Napier, the highest volcanic point of the Western District Plains
- Mount Napier (Tapoc) State Park - Visit Southern Grampians
Mount Napier (Tapoc) is the youngest volcano in the state of Victoria and last erupted around 30,000 years ago creating what is now a magnificent State Park around it Mount Napier (Tapoc) is a part of the Newer Volcanic Province and alongside Collorrer (Mount Rouse) and Budj Bim is a part of the Kanawinka Region , the most extensive volcanic province in Australia
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