List of volcanoes in Australia

This list includes volcanoes on mainland Australia and on Australian islands. The last volcanic eruption occurred in 2011 on Heard Island by Big Ben .

Volcanoes in Australia including islands

Queensland

image	Surname	Height (m)	Location geo-coordinates	Volcano type	Last eruption	Remarks
	Atherton Tablelands	-	17 ° 30 ′ 00 ″  S , 144 ° 30 ′ 00 ″  E	Volcanic field	Less than 100,000 years ago	John Seach
	Lake Barrine (Atherton Volcano)	730	17 ° 12 ′ 00 ″  S , 145 ° 24 ′ 00 ″  E	Maar	12,000 years	John Seach derm.qld.gov.au
	Lake Eacham (Atherton Volcano)	-	17 ° 12 ′ 00 ″  S , 145 ° 36 ′ 00 ″  E	Maar	12,000 years	John Seach
	Mount Hypipamee Crater (Atherton Volcano)	1,000	17 ° 12 ′ 00 ″  S , 145 ° 12 ′ 00 ″  E	-	10,000 - 15,000 years	atherton-tableland.com
	Lake Euramoo (Atherton Volcano)	1,000	17 ° 12 ′ 00 ″  S , 145 ° 36 ′ 00 ″  E	-	10,000 years	derm.qld.gov.au
	Bauhinia Volcano	-	24 ° 48′00 ″  S , 149 ° 30′00 ″  E	Volcanic field	22-27 million years	John Seach
	Brisbane Volcano	-	27 ° 42 ′ 00 ″  S , 152 ° 36 ′ 00 ″  E	Volcanic field	16–62 million years	John Seach
	Buckland	-	25 ° 13 ′ 48 ″  S , 148 ° 30 ′ 00 ″  E	Volcanic field	27 million years	John Seach
	Bundaberg Volcano	-	24 ° 51 ′ 36 ″  S , 152 ° 21 ′ 00 ″  E	-	900,000 years	John Seach
	Boyne Volcano ( Bunya Mountains )	-	26 ° 50 ′ 24 ″  S , 151 ° 33 ′ 00 ″  E	-	380,000 years	John Seach
	Chudleigh Volcano	680	19 ° 20 ′ 24 ″  S , 144 ° 21 ′ 36 ″  E	Volcanic field	250,000 years	John Seach
	Mount Fox	-	18 ° 30 ′ 00 ″  S , 145 ° 28 ′ 12 ″  E	-	100,000 years	oregonstate.edu
	Mount Hay	-	-	-	-
	Hillsborough Volcano	590	21 ° 01 ′ 48 ″  S , 148 ° 56 ′ 24 ″  E	-	33.2 million years	John Seach
	The hummock	-	-	-	-
	Main Range Volcano	-	27 ° 54 ′ 00 ″  S , 152 ° 24 ′ 00 ″  E	-	23-27 million years	John Seach
	Mount Le Brun	330	25 ° 35 ′ 52 ″  S , 151 ° 54 ′ 32 ″  E	-	600,000 years ago	John Seach
	Mount McBride ( McBride Volcanic Province )	911	18 ° 18'00 "  S , 144 ° 36'00"  E	-	1.7 million years	John Seach
	Undara ( McBride Volcanic Province )	40	18 ° 12 ′ 00 ″  S , 144 ° 42 ′ 00 ″  E	Volcanic field	3 million years	oregonstate.edu
	Undara Crater ( McBride Volcanic Province )	1,020	18 ° 15 ′ 00 ″  S , 144 ° 45 ′ 00 ″  E	Shield volcano	190,000	John Seach
	Kinrara Volcano ( McBride Volcanic Province )	740	18 ° 24 ′ 49 ″  S , 144 ° 54 ′ 57 ″  E	-	20,000 years	oregonstate.edu
	McLean Volcano	-	15 ° 48′00 ″  S , 144 ° 48′00 ″  E	Volcanic field	Less than 1 million years	John Seach
	Mingela	-	-	-	-
	Mitchell Volcano	-	26 ° 00 ′ 00 ″  S , 148 ° 12 ′ 00 ″  E	Volcanic field	21–24 million years	John Seach
	Monto Volcano	-	24 ° 51′00 ″  S , 151 ° 07′12 ″  E	-	21 to 70 million years ago	John Seach
	Nebo Volcano	-	21 ° 24 ′ 00 ″  S , 148 ° 12 ′ 00 ″  E	-	16–35 million years	John Seach
	Nulla Volcano	-	19 ° 42 ′ 00 ″  S , 145 ° 18 ′ 00 ″  E	Volcanic field	13,000 years	John Seach
	Piebald Volcano	417	15 ° 06 ′ 00 ″  S , 145 ° 06 ′ 00 ″  E	Volcanic field	Less than 3 million years ago	John Seach
	Rockhampton Volcano	475	23 ° 18 ′ 00 ″  S , 150 ° 24 ′ 00 ″  E	-	67–71 million years	John Seach
	Springsure Volcano	600	24 ° 04 ′ 48 ″  S , 148 ° 10 ′ 12 ″  E	-	24–33 million years	John Seach
	Sturgeon Volcano	-	20 ° 18 ′ 00 ″  S , 144 ° 12 ′ 00 ″  E	Volcanic field	920,000 years	John Seach
	Toomba	-	19 ° 30 ′ 00 ″  S , 145 ° 00 ′ 00 ″  E	Lava field	13,000 years	oregonstate.edu
	Wallaroo Volcano	-	18 ° 00 ′ 00 ″  S , 145 ° 24 ′ 00 ″  E	Volcanic field	Less than 5 million years ago	John Seach
	Focal Peak Volcano	-	28 ° 15 ′ 41 ″  S , 152 ° 38 ′ 07 ″  E	Shield volcano	23 million years	John Seach
	Mount Barney ( Focal Peak )	1,359	28 ° 10 ′ 12 ″  S , 152 ° 25 ′ 12 ″  E	-	23 million years	John Seach
	Campbell's Folly ( Focal Peak )	-	-	-	23 million years	John Seach
	Mount Gilles ( Focal Peak )	-	-	-	23 million years	John Seach
	Mount Glennie ( Focal Peak )	-	-	-	23 million years	John Seach
	Levers Plateau ( Focal Peak )	-	-	-	23 million years	John Seach
	Mount Lindesay (Focal Peak)	-	28 ° 20 ′ 39 ″  S , 152 ° 43 ′ 20 ″  E	-	23 million years	John Seach
	Glass House Mountains	240	26 ° 42 ′ 00 ″  S , 152 ° 54 ′ 00 ″  E	-	25-27 million years	John Seach
	Mount Miketeebumulgrai ( Glass House Mountains )	199	-	-	25-27 million years	John Seach
	Mount Tunbubudla ( Glass House Mountains )	312	-	-	25-27 million years	John Seach
	Mount Beerburrum ( Glass House Mountains )	276	-	-	25-27 million years	John Seach
	Mount Tibberoowuccum ( Glass House Mountains )	220	-	-	25-27 million years	John Seach
	Mount Tibrogargan ( Glass House Mountains )	364	26 ° 56 ′ 00 ″  S , 152 ° 57 ′ 00 ″  E	-	25-27 million years	John Seach
	Mount Cooee ( Glass House Mountains )	-	-	-	25-27 million years	John Seach
	Mount Coonowrin ( Glass House Mountains )	377	26 ° 54 ′ 00 ″  S , 152 ° 55 ′ 00 ″  E	-	25-27 million years	John Seach
	Mount Beerwah ( Glass House Mountains )	556	26 ° 54 ′ 00 ″  S , 152 ° 53 ′ 00 ″  E	-	25-27 million years	John Seach
	Mount Ngungun ( Glass House Mountains )	253	-	-	25-27 million years	John Seach
	Mount Coochin ( Glass House Mountains )	235	-	-	25-27 million years	John Seach
	Mount Elimbah ( Glass House Mountains )	129	-	-	25-27 million years
	Round Mountain ( Glass House Mountains )	-	-	-	25-27 million years
	Wild Horse Mountain ( Glass House Mountains )	123	26 ° 42 ′ 00 ″  S , 152 ° 54 ′ 00 ″  E	-	25-27 million years
	Peak range	807	22 ° 42 ′ 36 ″  S , 148 ° 03 ′ 36 ″  E	-	27-35 million years	John Seach
	Anvil Peak ( Peak Range )	-	22 ° 48 '00 "  S , 148 ° 00' 00"  O	-	27–35 million years	John Seach
	Browns Peak ( Peak Range )	807	22 ° 48 '00 "  S , 148 ° 00' 00"  O	-	27–35 million years	John Seach
	Table Mountain ( Peak Range ) in Table Mountains National Park	-	22 ° 48 '00 "  S , 148 ° 00' 00"  O	-	27–35 million years	John Seach

New South Wales

image	Surname	Height (m)	Location geo-coordinates	Volcano type	Last eruption	Remarks
	Abercrombie Volcano	-	34 ° 18′00 ″  S , 149 ° 24′00 ″  E	-	14-26 million years	John Seach
	Airly Volcano	-	32 ° 54 ′ 00 ″  S , 150 ° 06 ′ 00 ″  E	-	34–42 million years	John Seach
	Barrington Volcano in Barrington Tops National Park	-	31 ° 48 ′ 00 ″  S , 151 ° 12 ′ 00 ″  E	-	44–54 million years	John Seach
	Bunda Bunda Volcano	-	31 ° 06′00 ″  S , 152 ° 24′00 ″  E	-	71 million years	John Seach
	Byrock Volcano	-	30 ° 42 ′ 00 ″  S , 146 ° 18 ′ 00 ″  E	-	16 million years	John Seach
	Mount Canobolas	1,395	33 ° 18 ′ 00 ″  S , 149 ° 00 ′ 00 ″  E	-	11–13 million years	John Seach
	Cargelligo Volcano	-	33 ° 24 ′ 00 ″  S , 146 ° 30 ′ 00 ″  E	-	10-15 million years	John Seach
	Central Volcano	-	29 ° 48 ′ 00 ″  S , 151 ° 36 ′ 00 ″  E	-	19-34 million years	John Seach
	Comboyne Volcano	-	31 ° 36′00 ″  S , 152 ° 30′00 ″  E	-	11–13 million years	John Seach
	Doughboy Volcano	-	30 ° 18 ′ 00 ″  S , 152 ° 12 ′ 00 ″  E	-	38–45 million years	John Seach
	Dubbo Volcano	-	32 ° 12 ′ 00 ″  S , 149 ° 12 ′ 00 ″  E	-	12-15 million years	John Seach
	Ebor Volcano	-	30 ° 24 ′ 00 ″  S , 152 ° 24 ′ 00 ″  E	-	18-19 million years	John Seach
	El Capitan	-	31 ° 12 ′ 00 ″  S , 146 ° 12 ′ 00 ″  E	-	12-15 million years	John Seach
	Mount Gulaga also Mount Dromedary	806	36 ° 18 ′ 00 ″  S , 150 ° 00 ′ 00 ″  E	-
	Mount Kaputar ( Nandewar Range )	1.507	30 ° 12 ′ 00 ″  S , 150 ° 06 ′ 00 ″  E	-	17-18 million years	John Seach
	Liverpool Range	-	31 ° 54 ′ 00 ″  S , 150 ° 24 ′ 00 ″  E	-	32–35 million years	John Seach
	Monaro Volcano	-	35 ° 42 ′ 00 ″  S , 150 ° 18 ′ 00 ″  E	-	37-55 million years	John Seach oregonstate.edu
	Nerriga Volcano	-	35 ° 12 ′ 00 ″  S , 149 ° 48 ′ 00 ″  E	-	50 million years	John Seach
	Snowy Mountains	-	35 ° 30 ′ 00 ″  S , 148 ° 18 ′ 00 ″  E	-	17-22 million years	John Seach
	South Coast Volcano	-	35 ° 42 ′ 00 ″  S , 150 ° 18 ′ 00 ″  E	-	26–31 million years	John Seach
	Southern Highlands Volcano	-	34 ° 36 ′ 00 ″  S , 150 ° 30 ′ 00 ″  E	-	31–55 million years	John Seach
	The breadknife	600	31 ° 18 ′ 00 ″  S , 149 ° 00 ′ 00 ″  E	-	13-17 million years	vnc.qld.edu.au
	Walcha Volcano	-	31 ° 24 ′ 00 ″  S , 151 ° 48 ′ 00 ″  E	-	44–56 million years	John Seach
	Mount Warning or Tweed Volcano	1,157	28 ° 23 ′ 50 ″  S , 153 ° 16 ′ 15 ″  E	Shield volcano	~ 22 million years	John Seach
	Warrumbungles	-	31 ° 18 ′ 00 ″  S , 149 ° 00 ′ 00 ″  E	Shield volcano	13-17 million years	John Seach vnc.qld.edu.au oregonstate.edu

Victoria

image	Surname	Height (m)	Location geo-coordinates	Volcano type	Last eruption	Remarks
	Aberfeldy Volcano	-	37 ° 48 ′ 00 ″  S , 146 ° 24 ′ 00 ″  E	-	27 million years	John Seach
	Bacchus Marsh Volcano	-	37 ° 36 ′ 00 ″  S , 144 ° 24 ′ 00 ″  E	-	55-64 million years	John Seach
	Bogong Volcano	1,986	37 ° 06 ′ 00 ″  S , 147 ° 12 ′ 00 ″  E	-	25–37 million years	John Seach
	Bonang Volcano	-	37 ° 12 ′ 00 ″  S , 148 ° 42 ′ 00 ″  E	-	38–42 million years	John Seach
	Lake Bullen Merri ( Newer Volcanics Province )	-	38 ° 14 ′ 54 ″  S , 143 ° 06 ′ 16 ″  E	Maar	22,000 years	sydney.edu.au
	Mount Buninyong ( Newer Volcanics Province )	745	37 ° 39 ′ 00 ″  S , 143 ° 54 ′ 00 ″  E	Cinder and ash cones	-	vro.dpi.vic.gov.au
	Lake Colongulac	-	-	-	-
	Dargo	-	-	-	-
	Mount Eccles ( Newer Volcanics Province )	179	38 ° 04 ′ 12 ″  S , 141 ° 55 ′ 12 ″  E	Stratovolcano	6,000 - 19,000 years	John Seach
	Mount Elephant ( Newer Volcanics Province )	395	37 ° 57 ′ 36 ″  S , 143 ° 12 ′ 00 ″  E	Cinder and ash cones	5,000-20,000 years
	Flinders Volcano	-	38 ° 30 ′ 00 ″  S , 145 ° 18 ′ 00 ″  E	-	40-48 million years	John Seach
	Mount Franklin ( Newer Volcanics Province )	635	-	-	-
	Mount Fraser ( Newer Volcanics Province )	-	37 ° 27 ′ 36 ″  S , 144 ° 58 ′ 12 ″  E	-	34–43 million years	vro.dpi.vic.gov.au
	Gelantipy Volcano	-	37 ° 12 ′ 00 ″  S , 148 ° 18 ′ 00 ″  E	-	34–43 million years	John Seach
	Lake Gnotuk	-	-	-	-
	Mount Hamilton	-	-	-	-
	Mount Hotham	1,861	36 ° 35 ′ 24 ″  S , 147 ° 04 ′ 48 ″  E	-	-
	Howitt Volcano	-	37 ° 12 ′ 00 ″  S , 146 ° 42 ′ 00 ″  E	-	32–36 million years	John Seach
	Lake Keilambete ( Newer Volcanics Province )	-	-	-	-
	Mount Kooroocheang ( Newer Volcanics Province )	230	-	Cinder and ash cones	-
	La Trobe Volcano	-	38 ° 30 ′ 00 ″  S , 146 ° 18 ′ 00 ″  E	-	50–59 million years	John Seach
	Mount Leura ( Newer Volcanics Province )	311	38 ° 14 ′ 39 ″  S , 143 ° 09 ′ 27 ″  E	-	5,000-20,000 years
	Mount Macedon	1.014	37 ° 24 ′ 36 ″  S , 144 ° 34 ′ 48 ″  E	-	360 million years
	Mount Napier ( Newer Volcanics Province )	440	37 ° 48 ′ 00 ″  S , 142 ° 30 ′ 00 ″  E	Stratovolcano	5,000 - 6,000 years	John Seach oregonstate.edu
	Neerim Volcano	-	38 ° 00 ′ 00 ″  S , 146 ° 00 ′ 00 ″  E	-	20-25 million years	John Seach
	Red Rock ( Newer Volcanics Province )	200	38 ° 15 ′ 30 ″  S , 143 ° 30 ′ 00 ″  E	Maar	8,000 years	vro.dpi.vic.gov.au :
	Mount Noorat ( Newer Volcanics Province )	310	-	-	5,000-20,000 years
	Poowong (volcano)	-	-	-	-
	Mount Porndon	278	38 ° 10 ′ 48 ″  S , 143 ° 10 ′ 12 ″  E	-	300,000 years
	Lake Purrumbete ( Newer Volcanics Province )	-	-	-	-
	Toombullup Volcano in the Alpine National Park	-	36 ° 54 ′ 00 ″  S , 146 ° 18 ′ 00 ″  E	-	37-44 million years	John Seach
	Tower Hill ( Newer Volcanics Province )	-	-	-	25,000 years
	Uplands Volcano	-	36 ° 48 ′ 00 ″  S , 147 ° 36 ′ 00 ″  E	-	2 million years	John Seach
	Mount Warrenheip ( Newer Volcanics Province )	741	37 ° 39 ′ 00 ″  S , 143 ° 56 ′ 00 ″  E	-	-	vro.dpi.vic.gov.au
	Mount Warrnambool	216	38 ° 10 ′ 48 ″  S , 142 ° 26 ′ 24 ″  E	-	2.2 - 0.57 million years	vro.dpi.gov.au
	Western Plains	-	-	-	-

South Australia

image	Surname	Height (m)	Location geo-coordinates	Volcano type	Last eruption	Remarks
	Mount Burr Range	-	37 ° 33 ′ 00 ″  S , 140 ° 24 ′ 36 ″  E	Volcanic field	20,000 years
	Newer Volcanics Province	1.011	37 ° 46 ′ 12 ″  S , 142 ° 30 ′ 00 ″  E	Volcanic complex	5000 years	Global Volcanism Program
	Mount Gambier ( Newer Volcanics Province )	190	37 ° 50 ′ 24 ″  S , 140 ° 46 ′ 48 ″  E	Maars	4,500 years	John Seach oregonstate.edu
	Mount Schank ( Newer Volcanics Province )	158	37 ° 48 ′ 00 ″  S , 142 ° 30 ′ 00 ″  E	Ash cone	5,000 years	John Seach oregonstate.edu

Western Australia

There is no active volcano in Western Australia , but there are some extinct ones and geological evidence of others. There are nineteen extinct volcanoes in the Fitzroy River valley in the Kimberley region , as are hot springs that may be linked to extinct volcano activity. There are also occurrences of basalt at Bunbury and Cape Gosselin .

image	Surname	Height (m)	Location geo-coordinates	Volcano type	Last eruption	Remarks
	Argyle Diamond Pipe		16 ° 36′00 ″  S , 128 ° 18′00 ″  E	Diatrema	1.1 to 1.2 billion years	oregonstate.edu
	Ellendale Volcano	-	17 ° 29 ′ 15 ″  S , 124 ° 48 ′ 54 ″  E	Diatrema	20-22 million years	oregonstate.edu

Heard and McDonald Islands

image	Surname	Height (m)	Location geo-coordinates	Volcano type	Last eruption	Remarks
	Mount Dixon	706	-	-	-	John Seach
	Big Ben or Mawson Peak	2,745	53 ° 06 ′ 22 ″  S , 073 ° 30 ′ 47 ″  E	Stratovolcano	2004/2011	John Seach GVP oregonstate.edu
	McDonald Islands	230	53 ° 01 ′ 48 ″  S , 072 ° 36 ′ 00 ″  E	complex	2005	John Seach GVP

Lord Howe Island

image	Surname	Height (m)	Location geo-coordinates	Volcano type	Last eruption	Remarks
	Ball's pyramid	562	31 ° 30 ′ 00 ″  S , 159 ° 06 ′ 00 ″  E	-	-	John Seach oregonstate.edu oregonstate.edu
	Mount Gower	875	31 ° 30 ′ 00 ″  S , 159 ° 06 ′ 00 ″  E	-	3,200 years	John Seach oregonstate.edu

Tasman Sea

image	Surname	Height (m)	Location geo-coordinates	Volcano type	Last eruption	Remarks
	Tasmanian Seamounts	-	44 ° 18 ′  S , 147 ° 00 ′  E	Submarine volcanoes	-	John Seach csiro.au
	Barcoo Seamount	-	32 ° 18′00 ″  S , 156 ° 18′00 ″  E	Submarine volcano	-	John Seach
	Britannia Seamount	-	27 ° 54 ′ 00 ″  S , 155 ° 35 ′ 24 ″  E	Submarine volcano	-	John Seach
	Derwent-Hunter Seamount	-	27 ° 59 ′ 24 ″  S , 155 ° 35 ′ 24 ″  E	Submarine volcano	-	John Seach Boozle.com
	Gascoyne Seamount	-	36 ° 40 ′ 12 "  S , 156 ° 10 ′ 48"  E	Submarine volcano	-	John Seach
	Heemskirk Seamount	-	36 ° 15 ′ 00 ″  S , 159 ° 24 ′ 36 ″  E	Submarine volcano	-	John Seach
	Queensland Seamount	-	27 ° 30 ′ 00 ″  S , 155 ° 06 ′ 00 ″  E	Submarine volcano	-	John Seach
	Soela Seamount	-	-	-	-	John Seach
	Taupo Seamount	-	32 ° 12 ′ 00 ″  S , 156 ° 10 ′ 12 ″  E	Submarine volcano	-	John Seach
	Zeehan Seamount	-	36 ° 15 ′ 00 ″  S , 159 ° 54 ′ 40 ″  E	Submarine volcano	-	John Seach

Others

image	Surname	Height (m)	Location geo-coordinates	Volcano type	Last eruption	Remarks
	Macquarie Island	433	54 ° 30 ′ 00 ″  S , 158 ° 57 ′ 00 ″  E	-	10 million years	John Seach
	Norfolk Island	315	29 ° 00 ′ 00 ″  S , 168 ° 00 ′ 00 ″  E	-	2.4 million years
	Murray Island	200	10 ° 00 ′ 00 ″  S , 144 ° 00 ′ 00 ″  E	Shield volcano	1 million years	John Seach

See also

• List of volcanoes

Web links

• Volcanoes of Australia - John Seach
• volcano.oregonstate.edu - Volcano World
• Heard in the Global Volcanism Program of the Smithsonian Institution (English)
• McDonald Islands in the Global Volcanism Program of the Smithsonian Institution (English)
• Newer Volcanics province in the Global Volcanism Program of the Smithsonian Institution (English)
• Unnamed in the Global Volcanism Program of the Smithsonian Institution (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ volcanodiscovery.com : What is the difference in the definition of active, dormant, extinct volcano? Retrieved January 15, 2012

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