Mount Elephant
| Mount Elephant | ||
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 Mount Elephant viewed from Derrinallum |
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| height | 240 m | |
| location | Victoria , Australia | |
| Coordinates | 37 ° 57 '40 " S , 143 ° 11' 53" E | |
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| Type | Volcanic cinder cone | |
| Last eruption | 2900 ± 150 BCE | |
Mount Elephant is a 240 m high cinder and ash cone located one kilometer from the Australian city of Derrinallum in southeastern Victoria . The volcano erupted 20,000 to 5,000 years ago before extinguishing and forming a cone.
Surname
In Victoria, the mountain is known, which the early European settlers called Swagmans Lighthouse (German: Migrant Workers Lighthouse ). The mountain was renamed Mount Elephant because it depicts the outline of a reclining elephant .
meaning
The Mount Elephant has been placed under national conservation because it is one of the highest ash and cinder cone of the Earth from geological, historical, cultural and scientific importance for Australia.
Tourist information
The mountain was in private hands until 2000, when it was taken over by a local trust for the protection of nature and the interests of the local community in renaturation and tourism. When efforts were made to open another quarry on the mountain, this was not approved.
Mount Elephant is located at the eastern entrance of the Kanawinka Geopark , which contains other significant geological evidence of Australia. The mountain is accessible from Derrinallum on the Hamilton Highway , an hour by car from Geelong , Ballarat and Warrnambool and two hours from Melbourne and Hamilton .
See also
Web links
- Mount Elephant in the Global Volcanism Program of the Smithsonian Institution (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ kanawinkageopark.org.au ( Memento of the original from October 18, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 1.9 MB): Knawinka Global Geopark , p. 7, in English, accessed on January 11, 2012
- ↑ mountelephant.weebly.com : Mt. Elephant , in English, accessed September 26, 2014
