Mount Fox (Queensland)

The volcanic crater of Mount Fox

Mount Fox is a cinder cone, 75 km south-west of Inham in Queensland, Australia was 100,000 years ago, and today 120 feet above the terrain.

Formation

A strong volcanic explosion 100,000 years ago formed the Mount Fox, as he is to be regarded today. A lava flow in the thickness of 10 m was flowing out from the southern end of the crater, Volcanic ash and lava that formed volcanic bombs flying through the air. These bombs in different sizes were more than three feet tall and shaped like bells. They are still in the deposits identified. As the lava cooled rapidly, the gas in the form of small bubbles was trapped in the volcanic material. The shape of the crater is considered as an ideal type, as well as the Mount Elephant in Victoria.

Today, the Mount Fox is partly covered by eucalyptus and surrounded by it.

Location

Mount Fox is in the Girringun National Park. Reachable the mountain is by the Herbert River Valley in Seaview Range on the marked Abergowrie Road from Trebonne from.