List of volcanoes in Australia

This is a list of active, dormant and extinct volcanoes in Australia and its island territories. Note that the term volcano is used loosely as it can include groups of related volcanoes and vents that erupted at similar times with lava of related origin. The lists provided below are mainly volcanoes of Cenozoic aged, with some notable older (Mesozoic and Paleozoic aged), volcanoes included. There are no volcanoes on the Australian mainland that have erupted since European settlement, but some eruptions in Victoria, South Africa and North Queens could have been witnessed by Aboriginal people several thousand years ago. There are active volcanoes in the Heard and McDonald Islands.

Australian states

Queensland Name Elevation Location Last eruption metresfeetCoordinatesAtherton Volcano — — <100,000 years agoLake Barrine 730 — >17,000 years agoMount Quincan 703 2,306 10,000 years agoBauhinia Volcano — — 23–25 million years agoBrisbane Volcano — — 16–62 million years agoBuckland — — — — Bundaberg Volcano — — — — Bunya Mountains — — 23 million years agoChudleigh Volcano — — 250,000 years agoLake Eacham — — >9,000 years agoMalanda Volcano 1200 — 3 million years agoMount Fox 120 — — Mount Hay 360 — — — Fraser Volcano31 million years agoHillsborough Volcano — — 33.2 million years agoSloping Hummock 90 — — The Crater (Mount Hypipamee) 1,000 — — The Crater (Bombarri Mountain) 1,000 — —Kinrara Volcano — — 7,000 years agoMain Range Volcano — — 23–27 million years agoMount Le Brun — — >600,000 years agoMount McBride 911 — 1.7 million years agoMcLean Volcano — — <1 million years agoMingela — — — — Mitchell Volcano — — 21–24 million years agoMonto — — — — Nebo Volcano — — 28–35 million years agoNulla Volcano — — 13,000 years agoPiebald Volcano 417 — <3 million years agoRockhampton Volcano — — 67–71 million years agoSpringsure 600 — 24–33 million years agoSturgeon Volcano — — 92,000 years agoToomba — — 21,000 years ago Undara Crater 1,020 3,345 189,000 years ago Wallaroo Volcano — — <5 million years agoMount Barney, Focal Peak Volcano 1,359 4,958 — Campbells Folly — — — — Mount Pie — — — — Mount Glennie — — — — Levers Plateau — — — — Glass House Mountains — — — 26–27 million years ago Mount Beerburrum 276 — 26–27 million years agoMount Beerwah 556 — 26–27 million years agoMount Coochin 235 — 26–27 million years agoMount Cooee — — 26–27 million years agoMount Coonowrin 377 — 26–27 million years agoMount Elimbah 129 — 26–27 million years agoMount Horogargan — — 26–27 million years agoMount Miketeebumulgrai 199 — 26–27 million years agoMount Ngungun 253 — 26–27 million years agoRound Mountain — — 26–27 million years agoMount Tibberoowuccum 220 — 26–27 million years agoMount Tibrogargan 364 — 26–27 million years agoMount Tunbubudla 312 — 26–27 million years agoWild Horse Mountain 123 — 26–27 million years agoAnvil Peak — — 27–35 million years agoTable Mountain — — 27–35 million years agoMurray Island 200 656 1 million years ago

New South Wales Name Elevation Location Last eruption metresfeetCoordinatesAbercrombie Volcano — — 14–26 million years agoAirly Volcano — — 34–42 million years agoBarrington Volcano — — 44–54 million years agoBunda Bunda Volcano — — 71 million years agoByrock Volcano — — 17 million years agoMount Canobolas 1,395 — 12–13 million years agoCargelligo Volcano — — 15 million years agoCentral Volcano inc. Maybole Volcano and Gragin Peak — — — Comboyne Volcano — — 16–17 million years agoDoughboy Volcano — — 38–45 million years agoDubbo Volcano — — 12–15 million years agoEbor Volcano — — 19–20 million years agoEl Capitan — — 18 million years agoMount Gulaga or Mount Dromedary 806 — — Mount Kaputar or Nandewar Volcano 1,507 — 17–18 million years agoLiverpool Range — — 32–35 million years agoMonaro — — 37–55 million years agoNerriga Volcano — — 50 million years agoSnowy Mountains — — 17–22 million years agoSouth Coast Volcano — — 26–31 million years agoSouthern Highlands Volcano — — 31–55 million years agoProspect Hill — — 80 million years agoWalcha Volcano — — 44–56 million years agoMount Warning or Tweed Volcano 1,157 3,796 24–23 million years agoWarrumbungles inc The Breadknife — — 13–17 million years ago

Victoria Name Elevation Location Last eruption metresfeetCoordinatesAberfeldy Volcano — — 27 million years agoBudj Bim (Mt Eccles) — — 36.9 ±3.1 thousand years agoLake Bullen Merri — — — — Mount Buninyong 744 — — — Lake Colongulac — — — — Cosgrove9 million years agoDargo — — — — Mount Pollock 184 — 5,000–20,000 years agoMount Duneed 102 — 5,000–20,000 years agoMount Elephant 395 — 5,000–20,000 years agoMount Eliza 395 — 5,000–20,000 years agoFlinders Volcano — — 40–48 million years agoMount Franklin 635 — — 470,000 years ago Gelantipy Volcano — — 34–43 million years agoLake Gnotuk — — — — Mount Hamilton — — — — Howitt Volcano — — 32–36 million years agoLake Keilambete — — — — Mount Kooroocheang 230 — — — La Trobe Volcano — — 50–59 million years agoMount Leura 311 — 5,000–20,000 years agoMount Macedon 1,014 3,346 360 million years agoMount Moriac 270 — 5,000–20,000 years agoMount Napier 440 1,440 32,000 years agoNeerim Volcano — — 20–25 million years agoMount Noorat 310 — 5,000–20,000 years agoPoowong — — — — Mount Porndon 278 — 300,000 years agoMount Rouse 367 1204 300,000 years agoLake Purrumbete — — — — Stockyard Hill — — 0.1–0.5 million years ago The Anakies — — 1.5 million years agoToombullup Volcano — — 37–44 million years agoTower Hill, in Tower Hill State Game Reserve 103 338 36.8 ±3.8 thousand years agoUplands Volcano — — 2 million years agoMount Warrenheip 741 — — — Mount Warrnambool 216 — 5,000–20,000 years agoNewer Volcanics Province — — —

South Australia South Australia's volcanoes are the youngest in Australia, and erupted within the memory of local Indigenous peoples. They are all in the Limestone Coast region, in the Mount Burr Range. They are considered dormant rather than extinct. Name Elevation Location Last eruption metres feet CoordinatesMount Burr 187 614 4,750 years agoMount Gambier 190 623 4,500 years ago Mount Schank 158 518 5,000 years ago Mount Muirhead 130 427 5,000 years ago

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 (but since these volcanic formations are Proterozoic in age – i.e. maybe a billion years old, this would be very unlikely). There are also deposits of basalt at Bunbury and Cape Gosselin.

Name Elevation Location Last eruption metresfeetCoordinatesArgyle diamond mine — — 1.58 million years ago

Tasmania Name Elevation Location Last eruption metresfeetCoordinatesTable Cape 181 594 12 million years ago The Nut 143 469 25-70 million years agoHillwood Volcano115377250 million years agoLune River — —180 million years ago Mount Charter5141686500 million years ago Mount Tor11053625500 million years ago Mount Julia8432766500 million years ago Mount Cripps9433,094500 million years ago Mount Read Volcanics1.1233.684500 million years ago

Territories

Australian Capital Territory Name Elevation Location Last eruption metresfeetCoordinatesMount Stromlo 770 2,530 Silurian period

Heard and McDonald Islands Name Elevation Location Last eruption metresfeetCoordinatesAnzac Peak 715 2,346 — Big Ben (Mawson Peak) 2,745 9,006 2023Mount Dixon 715 2,346 — McDonald Islands 230 755 2005

Lord Howe Island Name Elevation Location Last eruption metresfeetCoordinatesBall's Pyramid 562 1,844 — Mount Gower 875 2,870 —

Australian Antarctic Territory Name Elevation Location Last eruption metresfeetCoordinates Gaussberg 370 1,214 —

Norfolk Island Norfolk Island and neighbouring Nepean Island and Phillip Island are mountain top remnants of an elongated shield volcano.

Tasman Sea Name Elevation Location Last eruption metresfeetCoordinatesBass Strait Basin — — — — Tasman Seamounts — — — — Barcoo Seamount — — — — Britannia Seamount — — — — Derwent-Hunter Seamount — — — — Gascoyne Seamount — — — — Heemskirk Seamount — — — — Queensland Seamount — — — — Soela Seamount — — — — Taupo Seamount — — — — Zeelian Seamount — — — —

Other Name Elevation Location Last eruption metresfeetCoordinatesMacquarie Island 433 1,421 — Norfolk Island 315 1,033 2.4 million years ago

References Citations

Sources

Volcanoes of Australia, Volcano World

External links Northern Rivers Geology Blog – Volcanoes and Vulcanology Volcanoes of Australia – John Seach