Kinrara (volcano)

Kinrara
Highest point
Coordinates18°24′50″S 144°54′55″E / 18.41389°S 144.91528°E / -18.41389; 144.91528
Geography
LocationQueensland, Australia
Geology
Last eruptionHolocene era

Kinrara is a volcano in Queensland, Australia.[1] It is one of the youngest volcanoes in Australia, and erupted 7,000 years ago (± 2000 years).[2]

Eruption

Kinrara volcano on the southeastern flank of the McBride volcanic province.

Lavas flowed 55 km from the crater, and cover 173 km2. According to one study, the Gugu-Badhun people have oral traditions that may describe the volcano erupting, equivalent to around 230 ± 70 generations ago.[2]

Geography

Wetlands at the Valley of Lagoons occur around the boundary between the Kinrara flow and the Burdekin River.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Kinrara, Queensland, Australia". volcano.oregonstate.edu. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
  2. ^ a b Cohen, Benjamin E.; Mark, Darren F.; Fallon, Stewart J.; Stephenson, P. Jon (1 April 2017). "Holocene-Neogene volcanism in northeastern Australia: Chronology and eruption history" (PDF). Quaternary Geochronology. 39: 79–91. doi:10.1016/j.quageo.2017.01.003. ISSN 1871-1014.


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