Mount Buninyong

Mount Buninyong is a volcano crater in Victoria, Australia, located 3 km east of the town of Buninyong and 80 km west of Melbourne. The crater, which is located not far from Mount Warrenheip, is one of 400 volcanoes in the Newer Volcanics Province and one of the highest cinder cone Victoria.

Geology

The mountain in the central highlands of the Newer Volcanics Province rises 745 m above sea level and more than 245 surrounding it over the terrain. It was created by two eruptions: The first created in the northwest of the main crater a crater with a height of about 600 m, as the lava flowed in a southeasterly direction to the Clarendon. The second eruption created the crater in its present form; the escaping lava flowed toward Buninyong, in addition, there were other minor lava outflows.

Mount Buninyong has a well-trained central crater, which is breached on the northwest side and was not used as a quarry. It is one of the few volcanic craters of Australia, the original vegetation remains.

The Mount Buninyoung basically consists of lava and volcanic agglomerate. The lava contains olivinreiche xenoliths and clinopyroxene megacrysts.

History

In the area of the mountain of the Aborigines Wathaurong lived. 1837 climbed for the first time seven European immigrants Mount Buningyoung. 1866 Mt Buninyong Reserve was set up with 90 acres. Since 1926, a road leads to the mountain height.

Others

The mountain is an important reserve of drinking water because groundwater of the surrounding mountains accumulated there and emerges in springs at the foot of the mountain. Because the mountain is often visited by day trippers because of its good outlook, there are three viewpoints with sunscreen, toilets and barbecue places. Furthermore, telecommunication facilities are on the mountain. Because the mountain is registered as a natural monument in the list of Australian monuments, warned against a further expansion on the mountain, otherwise threaten a deletion from the list.