Kinrara (volcano)

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]

Kinrara
Kinrara Queensland, Australia
Highest point
Coordinates	18°24′50″S 144°54′55″E
Geography
Location	Queensland, Australia
Geology
Last eruption	Holocene era

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

• List of volcanoes in Australia

References

1. "Kinrara, Queensland, Australia". volcano.oregonstate.edu. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
2. 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.